A mountain lion quietly padded across a cinderblock wall in a southwest Las Vegas backyard this week, caught overnight on a homeowner’s motion-activated camera. The clip, later shared on social media, shows the big cat cruising along the wall in a neighborhood that backs up to desert foothills near the Mountains Edge area around Durango Drive.
The Footage
According to FOX5, the motion-detecting camera recorded the animal as it crawled along the cinderblock wall. The family did not realize they had a wild visitor until they checked their recordings later and posted the video online. The station reports the sighting happened “a couple of nights ago.”
What Wildlife Officials Say
State wildlife guidance points out that encounters with mountain lions are rare and that the risk of an attack is extremely small, while still urging common-sense precautions for homes that border wildlands. The Nevada Department of Wildlife advises residents to remove attractants such as birdseed and pet food, bring pets indoors…..