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A woman has been called a
after fighting off a mountain lion that was attacking her five-year-old son. Her
instincts appeared as she dragged her
boy away from the big cat. She beat the
animal with her fists in her garden, where her son had been playing. The boy suffered
and cuts to his head and body after the lion pounced. He is now in a
condition in a
hospital. He is expected to make a full
. A spokesperson from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the mother was a "
hero" for saving her son's
.