Lynx Attacks Woman in Buckhead, Police Say

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A woman is at Grady Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after she was attacked by an Eurasian lynx while trying to feed the exotic animal at its Buckhead home.

Atlanta police spokesman Ralph Woolfolk says that the woman, who received bite wounds and wounds to her head, was attempting to feed the lynx when it attacked her. The owners of the lynx were out of town, and had arranged for the lynx to be fed while they were gone, Woolfolk said.

According to 911 call details provided by Atlanta police, a friend of the victim called in the emergency at the home in the 3700 block of Paces Valley Road NW at 1:19 p.m. Tuesday. The friend advised that the victim’s head was bleeding heavily and that the lynx was inside its cage.

Fulton County Animal Control was notified of the situation, Woolfolk said.