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A woman in California has been hailed a
after fighting off a mountain lion that was carrying away her five-year-old
. Her maternal
kicked in as she dragged her little boy from the jaws of the big cat. She fought off the wild animal with her
fists in the garden of her house on Thursday morning. Her son had been playing in the
when the lion pounced. The boy suffered bites and
to his head and torso, but is now in a stable condition in a
hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery. Patrick Foy, a
from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said: "The
hero of this story is his mom because she absolutely saved her son's
."
