A mother saved her infant son who was being attacked by a raccoon inside their home in Idaho, officials said.
The infant was sitting inside an infant carrier while the mother was settling in after returning home at the time of the attack, according to the Idaho Fish and Game.
“She heard a loud noise in the home and ran to the infant’s location. The mother found a raccoon attacking her infant. She was able to grab the animal to stop the attack,” the press release stated.
Officials say it is unclear how the animal got into the home.
The infant was later transported to a local hospital for “undisclosed injuries,” and later transferred to a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, officials said.
The baby’s father and a sheriff’s deputy returned to the residence and found the raccoon still inside the home. The two killed the animal and no other raccoons were found inside,…
