Eva, a 2.5-year-old Belgian Malinois, began having seizures last weekend at her home, Erin Wilson, 24, told the Sacramento Bee. Her state worsened from there, despite being taken to an animal hospital at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
The dog’s death was announced on Instagram.
“We said goodbye at 9:20 this morning,” the post said. “There were no changes to her condition overnight. Goodbye my beautiful sweet girl. You are my world, my light, my best friend. The world is a much darker place.”
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Wilson was walking with Eva along the Trinity River last month when a mountain lion lunged at her and scratched her shoulder.
“She was only a few yards ahead of me and attacked the lion,” Wilson wrote on a GoFundMe page to help pay for the dog’s vet bills. “They battled for a few moments until I heard her cry. The cat had her by the left side of her head. For the next several minutes i tried everything i could to free her.”
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The dog had fractures to her skull, a puncture and swelling around her left eye, Wilson wrote.
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On Wednesday, Wilson posted a final message on the fundraising page. “We said goodbye,” she wrote. “We love you Eva. You’re my whole world.”
Last year, Los Angeles-area woman used her bare hands to fight off a 65-pound mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son on Thursday, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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The animal attacked the boy while he was in his family's front yard in Calabasas, leaving him with injuries to his head, neck and chest, the department said Saturday.
The mountain lion "dragged him about 45 yards" across the front lawn, said Capt. Patrick Foy, a spokesman for the department.
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The boy was in stable condition, recovering from the incident, according to the department.
The boy’s mother heard the commotion from inside the house and ran outside and "started punching and striking the mountain lion with her bare hands and got him off her son," Foy said.
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"The true hero of this story is his mom because she absolutely saved her son’s life."
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The mountain lion was later killed by a wildlife officer.
The parents immediately drove the boy to a hospital, where law enforcement officers were notified of the attack and sent a wildlife officer to the scene.
Once at the house, the officer found a mountain lion cowering in the bushes with its "ears back and hissing" at him, Foy said.
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"Due to its behavior and proximity to the attack, the warden believed it was likely the attacking lion and to protect public safety shot and killed it on site," the wildlife department said. DNA tests later proved it was the attacking lion.
After the mountain lion was shot, another appeared and was tranquilized and moved to another location. That mountain lion, found to be collared and part of a National Park Service study, was not part of the attack and has no known history of attacking humans, the department said.
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