Cougar attack recounted for game commission Bogged down in public comment, the New Mexico State Game Commission listened to opinions about a single issue all afternoon. The item was on the adoption of amendments to a bear and cougar rule. During the comment period Charlotte Salazar stood with her 5-year-old son Jose Salazar Jr. "My son was attacked," Charlotte said. As the Salazar family walked a well-used path on May 17 in the Sandia Mountains above Albuquerque, the boy ran ahead a little bit, she said. "A mountain lion jumped out of a bush, jumped on him and started clawing his body," she said. "He was grabbed by the head and dragged 300 feet down a hillside." The boy's father, Jose Salazar, dove after the child and lion. Damaging his ankle and breaking his thumb, Jose reached the lion and child and was able to grab the boy as the animal ran away. "He had his scalp ripped back and puncture wounds were all over his back and neck," Charlotte said. In response to a board member's earlier comment that it had not been proven the incident was caused by a mountain lion, Charlotte said they pulled fur from the child's clothing and saliva from his shoe. The DNA tests showed a 95 percent chance the animal actually was a mountain lion. Charlotte said the commission should not limit year-round cougar hunting and should focus on reducing the number of animals as there are too many in the state....