A mountain lion that was put down by park rangers after it attacked a 5-year-old boy in Malibu Creek State Park was a young, underweight female.

The mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy in a rare incident at Malibu Creek State Park was around a year old, slightly underweight female.

A Southern California family's Labor Day weekend picnic turned into a terrifying ordeal when a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy.

Wildlife officials confirmed it was the same cougar that was released into the California wilderness June 26 after spending seven months recovering from the first accident at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. “Such a sad end to this mountain lion’s second chance,” a spokesperson for the humane society said.

A mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy in Malibu Creek State Park on Sunday, causing traumatic injuries to the child's head and neck, authorities said.

Children in the family group were playing near the family's picnic table when the mountain lion grabbed the boy by the head and started to run away with him.