Mountain lion wanders into Central Valley neighborhood. Here’s what happened next
A mountain lion that wandered into a Visalia neighborhood early Sunday was tranquilized and captured safely, police said in a statement.
Visalia police responded at 12:42 a.m. to a report of a mountain lion spotted somewhere in the 1900 block of West Porter Avenue.
Officers spotted the big cat a short time later in the 2000 block of West Sedona Avenue.
California Fish and Wildlife wardens deployed a tranquilizer to capture the animal safely. Police said wardens transported the sleeping cat to a “suitable habitat” and released it back into the wild.
Images released by Visalia police appear to show the animal crouched near a fence in the yard of someone’s home.
This story was originally published September 11, 2022 at 9:15 AM.
Robert Rodriguez
The Fresno Bee