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Police Respond to Possible Mountain Lion Sighting in Santa Monica
Police said officers are working with wildlife officials and there are no reported injuries after the sighting prompted street closures and indoor warnings.
- On Friday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracked a mountain lion through a Santa Monica neighborhood after residents spotted the animal near Montana Avenue.
- The animal was first spotted around 8 a.m. prowling far from its native environment in the hills, prompting the Santa Monica Police Department to close multiple streets and urge residents to remain indoors.
- Around 3:40 p.m., officials fired several tranquilizer darts at the lion, immobilizing it after the animal ran near Euclid Street and Marguerita Avenue.
- Wildlife experts determined it was safe to capture and collar the mountain lion before relocating it to a suitable habitat, with no injuries reported throughout the incident.
- While California is home to about 4,000 to 6,000 mountain lions, officials noted that attacks on humans remain extremely rare as the big cats typically avoid contact with people.
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Mountain Lion Disrupts Santa Monica Neighborhood
A mountain lion wandered into a Santa Monica residential neighborhood Friday, prompting street closures and an hours-long standoff that ended with the cat being sedated with a tranquilizer dart. Santa Monica police said officers responded around 10 a.m. to the area of 14th Street and Montana Avenue, where the lion had been spotted and was later photographed by a resident lounging in some bushes in the front yard of a home. “Out of an abundance o…
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