Family: Boy Improving After Mountain Lion Attack Near Aspen

DENVER (AP) – A Colorado boy attacked by a mountain lion near Aspen was improving in a Denver hospital after his mother snatched him from the jaws of the wild cat, his family said Monday.
“Thank you for your concern,” the unnamed family said in a brief statement released on its behalf by Children’s Hospital Colorado. “Our son is doing better. Thank you for respecting our privacy at this time.”
A Pitkin County sheriff’s officer had praised the mother as a