Brothers tried to fight off mountain lion during fatal attack in Northern California, family says

Published March 25, 2024 2:06 PM

GEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have identified the brothers who were attacked, one fatally, by a mountain lion in California during the weekend. Taylen Robert Claude Brooks was killed in a remote area northeast of Sacramento in the first fatal encounter with a cougar in the state in two decades. His 18-year-old brother survived and is expected to recover. The family says the pair tried scare the cougar away once they realized it was stalking them, and then fought with the animal after it pounced. California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife says its wardens found the cougar and euthanized it. Mountain lions have attacked humans previously, but the last fatal encounter was in 2004.

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