‘We Saw The Hole Down To His Brain’: Loyal Pit Bull ‘Rocky’ Defends Family From Mountain Lion In Backyard

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November 3, 2021 astatine 3:27 pm

LA VERNE, Calif. (CBS Los Angeles) – A brave pooch is recovering aft warring disconnected a upland lion roaming astir a Southern California home. The Pit Bull is being called a leader by his household aft defending their home, chasing the upland lion distant adjacent the Angeles National Forest.

As soon arsenic she saw its eyes, Mary Padres tin beryllium seen successful location surveillance video coming backmost wrong the location screaming. “The upland lion was looking close astatine me,” said Padres. “It was huge.”

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While some of her dogs tried to bark the upland lion away, it was their smaller dog, Rocky, that went aft it.  He bolted close aft the large cat, retired of their backyard and up the elevation down their home. Video shows the scary ordeal successful the backyard of the house. Now Rocky has the scars to beryllium however bold he’s consenting to beryllium to support his family.

“We saw the spread each the mode down to his brain,” Padres told KCAL-TV. “To marque definite that I was OK, that’s the full crushed helium went aft that upland lion.”

Padres and her household grabbed flashlights and went looking for Rocky, contempt the upland lion inactive being astatine large. “We wanted to support our dog,” she said.

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Eventually, the household recovered Rocky with 8 ample puncture wounds that required 30 stitches from the veterinarian. He is expected to beryllium okay.

Two weeks agone connected October 18, different upland lion was spotted strolling past a location conscionable two-and-a-half miles away, and it was caught connected camera down the aforesaid location aboriginal Tuesday morning. We don’t cognize if it’s the aforesaid upland lion, but Padres says she is “100% sure” it is.

Police accidental they’re moving with California Fish and Wildlife to find whether oregon not the upland lion is simply a menace to different neighbors. Padres is sharing her communicative hoping it volition support different families and their pets safe. She said aft Rocky came location hurt, she heard thing other being attacked. “Horrible crying, and past aft that it’s quiet,” she said.

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Police accidental if you spot a ample feline similar this it’s champion to scope retired to the metropolis for help.

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