An unlikely visitor was wandering the streets of San Francisco this winter. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a mountain lion was spotted on the loose in the center of the city.
The mountain lion was found hiding in a yard near an apartment building on California and Octavia streets. Officials from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife tranquilized the mountain lion and safely secured the animal in a cage for transport. It had been roaming around the city for 30 hours.
Officials confirmed that the mountain lion was a young male, about 2 years old and 77 pounds. Since the lion was scared and hiding in a tight spot, catching it was challenging and took officials longer than expected.
“He is doing OK. Fish and Wildlife will take him and release him to a natural habitat,” Mariano Elias, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, told the Chronicle…