Gila County, Arizona — The image above is a stock image, not the mountain lion involved in the attack.
Gila County Animal Care and Management Looking for mountain lions after a man was attacked in the Salt River on Thursday.
Authorities said the animal approached a 64-year-old man and attacked him at the river’s edge.
The man was part of a rafter group when he was attacked.
About ten other rafters used rafts to chase the puma away from the men. The man’s condition is unknown at this time.
Officials said animal control officers, along with the San Carlos Game and Fish, White Mountain Apache Tribe, and Arizona Game and Fish, were all responding to the situation.
Hunters use dogs to find mountain lions.
Anyone who sees the animal should avoid it and call Gila County Animal Control and Management at 928-425-5882.
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