Mountain lion in downtown Santa Monica!
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Mountain lion in downtown Santa Monica!
California Fish & Game killed a mountain lion early this morning near the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
http://news.yahoo.com/mountain-lion-...190528352.html
Yikes!
http://news.yahoo.com/mountain-lion-...190528352.html
Yikes!
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I'm sorry to hear they had to kill the cat. Too bad a tranquilizer didn't work.
It is hard to imagine how that cat got all the way into Santa Monica near 3rd Street. I wonder if we will find out more to the story, like it was kept as a pet by someone and it escaped?
It is hard to imagine how that cat got all the way into Santa Monica near 3rd Street. I wonder if we will find out more to the story, like it was kept as a pet by someone and it escaped?
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It's not far from the Santa Monica mountains to downtown Santa Monica, and there are known numbers of mountain lions in the hills. It's less than 5 miles for sure, and mountain lions apparently have a range of 100 square miles. A few months ago, another lion was hit by a car while trying to cross the 405 freeway.
There is some controversy arising today that authorities were perhaps too aggressive at the beginning of the encounter which meant they were attempting to tranquilize a really wound-up animal who tried to make a run for it. IMO, it's hard to second-guess the F&G and police in this situation, but I feel bad for the lion.
There is some controversy arising today that authorities were perhaps too aggressive at the beginning of the encounter which meant they were attempting to tranquilize a really wound-up animal who tried to make a run for it. IMO, it's hard to second-guess the F&G and police in this situation, but I feel bad for the lion.