A woman who was attacked by a mountain lion in Northern California said her dog jumped to her defense and was badly wounded in protecting her.“I don’t think I will ever be able to live up to how amazing and loyal she is to me,” Erin Wilson told the Sacramento Bee Tuesday, May 17.Wilson, 24, lives in rural Trinity County, about four hours northwest of Sacramento. On Monday, she drove to the Trinity River near unincorporated Big Bar to take an afternoon stroll with Eva, her 2 1/2-year-old Belgian Malinois.Wilson was on a path with Eva a few yards ahead when a mountain lion lunged and swiped at her, scratching Wilson’s left shoulder through her jacket, she said.“I yelled ‘Eva!’ and she came running,” Wilson said. “And she hit that cat really hard.”The
