Mountain lion believed to have attacked dogs in Apple Valley
The California Department of Fish and Game is investigating whether a mountain lion killed a dog and mauled another in the backyard of an Apple Valley home.
The dogs' owner, Scott Nobles, said he returned home Wednesday night and found his chocolate Labrador retriever badly hurt and bleeding and his other dog dead in the yard. He said blood and dog hair was matted to the wall of his house.
Nobles, a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy, said a veterinarian who examined the dogs suspected they were attacked by a mountain lion.
Fish and Game spokesman Harry Morse said there are 4,000 to 6,000 mountain lions in California, but attacks on humans are rare.
The dogs' owner, Scott Nobles, said he returned home Wednesday night and found his chocolate Labrador retriever badly hurt and bleeding and his other dog dead in the yard. He said blood and dog hair was matted to the wall of his house.
Nobles, a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy, said a veterinarian who examined the dogs suspected they were attacked by a mountain lion.
Fish and Game spokesman Harry Morse said there are 4,000 to 6,000 mountain lions in California, but attacks on humans are rare.
Sorry about your dogs. I had one attack my 10 pound dog in the black hills of south dakota. she is still alive but she is lucky. it attacked my dog three feet from my front door. My younger brother opened the door when we heard her screaming. He hit the lion with the door.