When wild animals have a choice, most will avoid contact with humans. However, when short of territory, food, and other necessities, wild animals sometimes wander into human habitations — an event that is dangerous for the animal and any people involved.
This January and February, residents of Santa Barbara, California, were alarmed to learn of a mountain lion that had been spotted in residential areas of their city, Edhat reported.
What’s happening?
The mountain lion was first sighted at about 7 a.m. on Jan. 30 in the Samarkand neighborhood, as evidenced by a video captured by a bystander
After that, the mountain lion continued to surface repeatedly over the course of several days throughout the Oak Park and Mission Creek areas…