CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : GAVIOTA : Searchers Track, Kill Mountain Lion
A two-week search for a mountain lion believed responsible for the mauling of a 9-year-old boy ended when trackers treed the animal and shot and killed it. The lion is believed to have attacked Darron Arroyo, 9, of Lompoc on March 12 as he biked with his family in Gaviota State Park, 20 miles north of Santa Barbara. The boy needed 600 stitches for more than 50 puncture wounds. “The trackers are 95% sure this is the correct animal,” said Patrick Moore of the California Department of Fish and Game. It was a small, 2-year-old male.
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