Mountain lion caught in San Francisco after 2 days in metropolis
A two-year-old 100-pound mountain lion, hiding in the San Francisco neighborhood after warning some residents for two days, retired to a Burnal Heights tree and was captured Wednesday night.
He was a blast in the middle of the city, surrounded by curious neighbors and gokers, so that he couldn’t find an inconspicuous exit. The puma was thrown by a California Fish and Wildlife Service police officer. They took him to the Auckland Zoo, where he waited for a thorough physical exam that night.
Puma Project in Zoos, States and the Bay Area – Mountain Lion Research and Rescue Group – We plan to release apparently healthy and intact animals to a private but friendly setting in Santa Clara County on Thursday afternoon.
Bernal Heights is a residential area south of the city’s mission district, rather than the semi-wild suburbs of California’s mountain lions. This was first reported in the neighborhood on Tuesday and was seen a few days ago in Pacifica – along the peninsula to the north.
It is not known how he arrived at Vernal Heights, away from the apparent wildlife corridor. But Zara McDonald, director and biologist at Puma Rescue Group, said Mountain Lion. San Francisco and other urban areas more common than many think.
On Thursday afternoon, the mountain lions will be returned to the wild from Auckland Zoo.
(Ruben Manes / Auckland Zoo)
Male mountain lions in the Bay Area typically occupy an area of approximately 100 square miles. Their natural habitat is under pressure from human development, and fires and droughts further limit the available territory so that they can venture beyond normal territory.
According to McDonald’s, this puma has been to town at least once. The Puma Project put him on a collar on a previous occasion.
She said the lion has a really good internal navigational compass. “But when a lion walks into town, it can be difficult.”
She said it was so crowded that urban areas were stressful for her. And in this case, the lion crept deep into the city and was soon surrounded by well-meaning and curious onlookers, which made it almost impossible to leave alone.
And two days later it became clear that he needed help.
That’s when the fish and wildlife service appeared, said station spokesman Ken Paglia, who said state agents were ready to help the San Francisco Animal Care Agency, the first responder.
The previous Thursday, the state brought the lion to the Auckland Zoo, where a team of veterinarians and technicians were ready.
Nik Dehejia, CEO of the zoo, quoted the zoo’s 17,000 square meter veterinary clinic as saying: “We’re always on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week” and take animals with us in an emergency. He said he was ready.
Veterinarians collect basic data from animals, perform blood tests, make observations, and help professionals better understand the health and pressures that lions face in the bay.
Erin Harrison, vice president of marketing at the zoo, said not all mountain lions sent to the zoo will return to the wild. Last summer, the employees received a small child from Reading. The child’s feet were badly burned in the fire. They performed some operations on young animals. After recovering, he was taken to the Columbus Zoo and is now there.
Called “Captain Cal” by the fire department who saved him, he was brought together with two other orphans who were being looked after by the zoo at the time.
In addition to fires, human invasions, and droughts, mountain lions and other wildlife face threats from exposure to toxic chemicals like rodenticides, according to McDonald’s.
She mentioned a state report showing high prevalence of rodenticides in predators across the state – the immune systems of animals that eat contaminated rodents, which can be extremely fatal. Anticoagulants that can reduce.
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