Pacifica Police Respond to Mountain Lion Raiding Backyard Chicken Coup

Pacifica constabulary responded to a telephone from a location connected the 1100 artifact of Valencia Way, saying a upland lion was successful the resident's yard, eating a chicken.

Officers arrived astatine 7:33 a.m. and spotted the big cougar connected a hillside, astir 30 yards down the house, inactive consuming its repast from the homeowner's coup. Police said the puma didn't look to beryllium a menace to humans, and neighbors were advised to support their pets inside.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was contacted, who contacted the Department of Wildlife Management. Police unit connected country were advised to show the upland lion's enactment until it returned to the unfastened abstraction surrounding the area. A Fish and Wildlife serviceman responded to the country to talk with the resident, and constabulary stayed connected country until 9:44 a.m., erstwhile the feline near the area.

The Pacifica Police Department reminds assemblage members that surviving successful the situation of wildlife tin contiguous challenges. Information connected upland lion information tin beryllium recovered astatine Staying Safe successful Mountain Lion Country, astatine cityofpacifica.org.