A mom yanked an attacking raccoon off her baby boy in her home in Idaho, wildlife officials said. The incident happened Dec. 23 in Cassia County, Idaho Fish and Game said in a Dec. 27 news release. The young child was left in his carrier as his mom was “settling in after returning home,” officials said.

Image via Shutterstock An Idaho mother was horrified to discover a raccoon snuck inside their home and was attacking her infant son. She quickly ran to her son's aid. Later, her husband and a police officer killed the critter.

The raccoon that injured the baby was killed and later tested negative for rabies. Raccoon attacks are “extremely rare,” Idaho Fish and Game said.

A child was hospitalized after a raccoon attack inside the family’s home as the baby was in a carrier, state officials said Friday.

Idaho Fish and Game reported that the infant was in a carrier when the mother, who had just returned home, heard a loud noise. She rushed to the scene and discovered a raccoon attacking her child. The mother managed to intervene and stop the attack by grabbing the animal.

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,