A mountain lion that was put down by park rangers after it attacked a 5-year-old boy in Malibu Creek State Park was a young, underweight female.

A necropsy performed on the mountain lion that attacked a young boy at Malibu Creek State Park over Labor Day weekend revealed it was also very young and very hungry. The animal, identified as a female lion,

The mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy in a rare incident at Malibu Creek State Park was a slightly underweight female estimated to be a year old.

Wildlife officials confirmed it was the same cougar that was released into the California wilderness June 26 after spending seven months recovering from the first accident at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. “Such a sad end to this mountain lion’s second chance,” a spokesperson for the humane society said.