Mammal Expert Explains Fatal Mountain Lion Attack in Northern California

Published March 28, 2024

Ted Stankowich, an associate professor and evolutionary behavioral ecologist at the Mammal Lab in the College of Natural Sciences and Math, spoke with CBS' Eye on the World with John Batchelor about the fatal attack of a mountain lion on a young man in Northern California. Professor Stankowich said this is the first death of a mountain lion attack in the last 20 years and is a very rare occurrence.