skianddive
02-28-2006, 06:32 PM
C'mon out, Ken and Sean, our local canyons can be real adventures. Many of them finish in Altadena.
Mountain lion has a catnap in the suburbs
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Zachary Bovinette said he was looking out of his kitchen window Monday when he saw his cat on a roof outside looking "most eager to get back in."
About 15 feet behind him was a 65-pound mountain lion. Later, the big cat snoozed away unfazed by a gathering crowd in the Los Angeles, California, suburb of Altadena. A nearby school was closed as a precaution.
Lt. Marty Wall of the California Department of Fish and Game walked to within six feet of the animal and tranquilized it. The mountain lion tried to run away but changed its mind when it saw men standing ready to prevent its escape. It retreated behind a row of trash cans in the front yard.
"He was such a well behaved cat. He did not move and just fell asleep," Bovinette said.
The animal was taken away and released into the nearby Angeles National Forest, but officials are not sure why it strayed into the suburbs to begin with.
"It's probably being kicked around by more dominant lions," said Patrick Roy, a spokesman for the department. "We get calls every day from rural areas, but it is definitely uncommon to see a lion sleeping in a yard in the suburbs.".
Mountain lion has a catnap in the suburbs
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Zachary Bovinette said he was looking out of his kitchen window Monday when he saw his cat on a roof outside looking "most eager to get back in."
About 15 feet behind him was a 65-pound mountain lion. Later, the big cat snoozed away unfazed by a gathering crowd in the Los Angeles, California, suburb of Altadena. A nearby school was closed as a precaution.
Lt. Marty Wall of the California Department of Fish and Game walked to within six feet of the animal and tranquilized it. The mountain lion tried to run away but changed its mind when it saw men standing ready to prevent its escape. It retreated behind a row of trash cans in the front yard.
"He was such a well behaved cat. He did not move and just fell asleep," Bovinette said.
The animal was taken away and released into the nearby Angeles National Forest, but officials are not sure why it strayed into the suburbs to begin with.
"It's probably being kicked around by more dominant lions," said Patrick Roy, a spokesman for the department. "We get calls every day from rural areas, but it is definitely uncommon to see a lion sleeping in a yard in the suburbs.".