A 4-year-old was hospitalized after being attacked by a mountain lion at a popular national park in Washington.

The animal, which was collared, bit a child walking with family near Victoria Overlook on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from the National Park Service.

Park rangers were alerted to the attack shortly after 3 p.m., and paramedics and park staff responded. 

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The child was transported by medical helicopter to a hospital in Seattle, according to the National Park Service.

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Immediately after the attack, rangers and a canine team began searching for the mountain lion. Staff located the animal that same day and killed the animal the next morning. 

There is no threat to the public, and the attack is under investigation, the National Park Service noted.

"Rangers are still gathering details about the incident," a spokesperson for the National Park Service told Fox News Digital in an email, adding links to information about cougar safety.

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Anyone who witnessed the incident should contact the National Park Service, the spokesperson added.

Last summer, a 5-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a mountain lion attack in Southern California. The big cat was later euthanized by California state rangers.

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Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, which also responded to the incident in Washington, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The Washington Commanders' team name was back in the news recently after President Donald Trump posted on social media that he wanted the franchise's team name to be reverted to its former name, the Redskins.

Trump then took a step further, threatening to halt the team's plans to build a new stadium in the nation's capital if they didn't bring back the old name.

"My statement on the Washington Redskins has totally blown up, but only in a very positive way," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington. The Team would be much more valuable, and the Deal would be more exciting for everyone."

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Trump also called the Commanders the "Washington ‘Whatever's.’"

D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser didn't sound concerned about Trump's latest post, saying she is "focused" on getting the stadium deal over its final hump, and that a blockage is likely not "an eventuality we have to plan for."

"This is what I believe — I've had the opportunity to speak on a couple of different occasions with the president about this site and about our team," Bowser told ESPN. "And I can say this without equivocation: He is a Jayden Daniels fan, and he said himself, and the presser we were at, that this is probably the best site of any site he's seen for a stadium. I have to think that that's what I've heard him say, and that's what we'll stick with.

"Let me be clear: We're on the 1-yard line, and it's time to get over the line," she added. "I can't even imagine having to start all over on this. There's nobody waiting in the wings with $2.7 billion. And so this stadium is a catalyst, and it will attract other investments. Any impediment to it getting done should be discouraged. When you're on the 1-yard line, you want to carry it over, right? That's all you want. No fumbles, no interceptions — let's just get it over the line. And that's what we're focused on."

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Commanders general manager Adam Peters, too, is unfazed — even about the stadium deal — and is keeping his eyeballs on the product on the field, wherever they play.

"Whether it’s the stadium or anything else (non-football-related), those things don’t really make it to us," Peters said. "We’re just trying to focus on what’s going on here and getting ready for the season."

Trump added that the MLB's Cleveland Guardians should follow suit.

"Cleveland should do the same with the Cleveland Indians. The Owner of the Cleveland Baseball Team, Matt Dolan, who is very political, has lost three Elections in a row because of that ridiculous name change," Trump said. "What he doesn’t understand is that if he changed the name back to the Cleveland Indians, he might actually win an Election. Indians are being treated very unfairly. MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!"

Both teams' front offices have said there are no plans to revert to their old names, or even change them again in any way.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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