⚠️ This article includes a photo of a deceased mountain lion, which some readers may find disturbing. Scroll down to view.
REDLANDS, Calif. — A dead mountain lion was discovered Sunday afternoon in the backyard of a Redlands home near Ford Street and Citrus Avenue, raising questions about the animal’s condition and how it ended up in a residential neighborhood.
Homeowner Kathy Dawes said she initially noticed nothing unusual during a morning trip to her raised garden beds. “I went out to check on the peppers and there wasn’t anything there,” she said. “Later in the afternoon, we smelled a skunk, and when I went back out, there it was—just lying there between the fence and the garden.”…