After lurking through a San Francisco neighborhood and alarming some residents for two days, a 2-year-old, 100-pound male mountain lion was captured Wednesday night after retreating up a tree in Bernal Heights.
Unable to make a discreet exit — as he was smack-dab in the middle of the city, surrounded by curious neighbors and gawkers — the cougar was darted by officers from California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. They carted him over to the Oakland Zoo, where he spent the night awaiting a thorough physical evaluation.
Officials from the zoo, the state and the Bay Area Puma Project, a mountain lion research and rescue group, plan to release the apparently healthy and unharmed animal into a friendlier, undisclosed environment Thursday afternoon in Santa Clara County.
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