Hero dog who fought off mountain lion to save owner dies from injuries weeks later
dailystar.co.ukprotected her owner from an attack by a wild mountain lion has died of the injuries she sustained in the fight.Eva's owner, Erin Wilson, had been walking near Northern California's Trinity River when the beast attacked them.Eva, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, sprang to her owner’s defence.
She suffered horrific head injuries when the lion clamped its jaws around her skull.She survived for 24 days but eventually slipped away early on Wednesday. "We said goodbye at 9:20 this morning," Erin wrote on Instagram. "There were no changes to her condition overnight.
Goodbye, my beautiful sweet girl. You are my world, my light, my best friend. The world is a much darker place."The lion attack took place on May 16.
The animal attacked Erin out of the blue, ranking its claws across her shoulder. Eva, who had been walking off her lead a few yards ahead, instantly responded, "I yelled 'Eva!' and she came running," Erin told People Magazine. "And she hit that cat really hard.""They fought for a couple seconds, and then I heard her start crying," Wilson told the outlet. "That's when the cat latched on to her skull."Another hiker, Sharon Houston, was nearby at the time of the attack.
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