A 9-year-old girl was camping in Washington state, in the northwestern United States, was attacked by a puma, said the girl's uncle who started an online fundraiser to cover her medical expenses.
The extremely rare attack occurred on Saturday morning while Lily was camping with her family, her uncle, Alex Manchevich, told the participatory funding website GoFundMe.
"She was taken by helicopter to the hospital, bearing multiple injuries to her upper torso and face," underwent repeated surgeries and on Monday came out of the coma "fully aware of what happened to her," Manchevich wrote.
The uncle appealed to users to help cover the hospital bills. The post was accompanied by photos of the girl in her hospital bed, her face covered in wounds and abrasions.
Since 1924 just 20 people have been attacked by cougars in Washington and two of them have died, according to the state wildlife agency.
A spokesman for the agency told a local television station that an investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of the attack. Tests are also expected to be done on the animal - which was killed by a person on the scene - to determine if it was suffering from a disease.
Puma attacks, a feline known as cougar, are extremely rare. Authorities recommend that, should one be attacked, do everything possible to "stay on your feet and hit the animal" and, most importantly, do not attempt to run away or pretend to be dead.
Source: protothema.gr
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