{"id":199463,"date":"2026-03-01T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199463\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:38:18","slug":"mountain-lion-snatches-dog-from-owner-during-walk-in-la-county-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199463\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Lion Snatches Dog From Owner During Walk In LA County: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; A dog owner says a mountain lion snatched her beloved pet right in front of her while out for a late-night walk in Glendale, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/mountain-lion-snatches-dog-glendale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTLA is reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Laura McVay told the station that she was walking her 12\u2011pound Shih Tzu, Declan, near Matilija and Cleveland roads in Glendale around 11:30 p.m. Monday when the big cat lunged at her and her leashed dog.<\/p>\n<p>She said she could feel the big cat&#8217;s presence, then felt a gust of wind as the cat pounced. She tried to pull her dog away and screamed to scare the animal off, but nothing worked, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so overpowering and strong. There was no way I was getting my dog back,\u201d she told the station.<\/p>\n<p>The entire encounter, she said, lasted less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>The KTLA story <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/mountain-lion-snatches-dog-glendale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/pore\/planyourvisit\/yoursafety_mountainlions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Park Service recommends<\/a> that anyone encountering a mountain lion or other big cat stay calm and not run away. You should stand upright and hold your ground or back away slowly. Those with a small child or pet should pick them up without bending over because crouching can make you appear like prey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8212; A dog owner says a mountain lion snatched her beloved pet right in front of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-199463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}