California shed hunter killed in mountain lion attack
Mountain Lion
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that the mountain lion euthanized in a remote area near Georgetown Saturday, March 23, was the same animal involved in a fatal attack earlier in the day.
According to a press release, the agency’s Wildlife Forensics Laboratory determined Sunday that DNA samples collected from the scene match samples taken from the lion carcass. The male mountain lion weighed approximately 90 pounds and appeared to be in healthy condition.
On March 23, Fish and Wildlife officers responded to a reported mountain lion attack involving 18- and 21-year-old brothers. The men had been antler shed hunting in a remote area near Georgetown in El Dorado County when they were attacked.
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