Overview
- The mountain lion was seen near 44th Avenue and Ulloa in the Outer Sunset and was tranquilized and captured after an hours-long standoff on Friday.
- San Francisco Animal Care and Control, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the San Francisco Zoo, SFPD and the Santa Cruz Puma Project coordinated the response on scene.
- CDFW veterinarians examined the roughly 2- to 3-year-old male, estimated at 79 pounds, found it uninjured, fitted it with a GPS satellite collar and returned it to wild habitat the same day.
- City officials told residents to keep distance, leash pets, pick up children, avoid running if they encounter a mountain lion and to call Animal Care and Control for sightings.
- Wildlife experts say young male mountain lions often disperse from the Santa Cruz mountains into urban edges, this was the second young male captured in San Francisco this year and collar tracking will help monitor future movements and guide responses.