A San Diego family says they set up a trap after chickens and cats vanished from their property
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- A family found a mountain lion inside the backyard humane trap they set up after animals started disappearing from their yard
- Wildlife officials released the big cat from the trap
- Neighbors fear the wild animal could return after already targeting chickens and cats in the area
A San Diego County family expecting to catch a coyote instead came face-to-face with a more formidable predator.
According to KTLA, the Hernandez family of Fallbrook, Calif., discovered a mountain lion inside a humane cage trap they set up in their yard after several of their animals went missing from their property.
The unsettling chain of events began when chickens started disappearing from the family’s henhouse. “There was a big hole on the rooftop, and there were chickens missing and there were feathers all over the place,” Sonia Hernandez told KTLA5. Four cats owned by the Hernandez family also vanished, including one that was pregnant…