Woman and dog attacked by mountain lion in Trinity River (Redding: vehicle, PVC)

[caligirlz]

Posting because mountain lion have been seen along the ARP, and in the foothills. If you hike alone, or with dogs, be sure you know how to handle these cats. Years ago, several other hikers and myself saw one on the trail near Morro Bay, and we turned around and left.

IF you don't have access to the Sac Bee, basically the woman went for an afternoon hike along on the Trinity River on hwy 299. She had just got out of her truck and still within site of her vehicle. Her dog was off leash when a mountain lion was growling and lunged for the woman, the claws scratcher her shoulder through her jacket. She called for her dog who them hit the cat, and they fought.

Weighing around 55 pounds, the dog was quickly outmatched by the cougar. “They fought for a couple seconds, and then I heard her start crying,” Wilson said. “That’s when the cat latched on to her skull.” Wilson said she began hitting the cougar with anything she could find — rocks, sticks, her fists. She tried to choke the cat with her arms and gouge its eyes, ending up scratched by the cat’s back paws as it tried to kick her off. Between the scratches and some bruises, they were only wounds Wilson said she received thanks to Eva.
But the cat wouldn’t let go, Wilson said. She ran back to her truck and pulled out a tire iron and flagged down a passing motorist, Sharon Houston, who told The Bee Tuesday she grabbed her own weapons — a four-foot length of PVC pipe and some pepper spray. The pair ran down and began beating on the mountain lion, which had dragged the dog off the trail, Wilson said. Eventually the cat let the dog go and it ran away after Houston sprayed it with the pepper spray, Houston said. Eva ran back to the pickup, Wilson said.

The dog survived.

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[cb73]

Hwy 299 (Eureka to Redding to Nevada) is notorious for seeing just about anything there--including Bigfoot--I'd think anyone hiking there would be prepared with bear spray, gun, or whatever.

Her dog was featured on We Rate Dogs where they showed pictures of him after being treated and awarded him the coveted 15/10 for his bravery.

[Finper]

The dog was a Belgian Malinois. The only breed with a prayer of a chance of surviving a cougar attack. Good job Eva