{"id":36056,"date":"2013-05-06T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=36056"},"modified":"2013-07-23T18:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T01:24:35","slug":"mountain-lion-spotted-in-lancaster-front-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/05\/06\/mountain-lion-spotted-in-lancaster-front-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain lion spotted in Lancaster front yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36057\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36057 \" alt=\"A more than 100-pound female mountain lion was sat in a tree in the front yard of a west Lancaster home for more than two hours Monday morning. (Photos by ED FROMMER)\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted-80x50.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A more than 100-pound female mountain lion perched in a tree in the front yard of a west Lancaster home for more than two hours Monday morning. (Photos by ED FROMMER)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster resident woke up Monday morning to find a mountain lion in her front yard. Barking dogs alerted the woman to the 100-pound cougar, and the terrified woman contacted authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The call came into the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station around 8 a.m. from a home near 40th\u00a0Street West and Avenue F in Lancaster, just north of Apollo Park, according to Sgt. Moore of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to the scene and monitored the situation for safety until the California Department of Fish and Wildlife responded, Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>By this time, the mountain lion had climbed into a tree in the resident\u2019s front yard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36058\" alt=\"Moutain lion spotted1\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted1-300x223.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted1-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moutain-lion-spotted1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fish and Wildlife officers darted the animal with a tranquilizer, and once subdued, the female mountain lion was taken to safety, Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tranquilized her and they were able to take her away and get her into a rescue, so she\u2019s fine,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain lions prefer deer but, if allowed, they also eat pets and livestock. In extremely rare cases, even people have fallen prey to mountain lions, according to Fish and Wildlife officials.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter a mountain lion, do not run; instead, face the animal, make noise, try to look bigger by waving your arms and throw rocks or other objects, officials warn.<\/p>\n<p>More tips on handling mountain lion encounters can be found at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfg.ca.gov\/keepmewild\/lion.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dfg.ca.gov\/keepmewild\/lion.html.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 A Lancaster resident woke up Monday morning to find a mountain lion in her front yard. Barking dogs alerted the woman to the 100-pound cougar, and the terrified woman contacted authorities. The call came into the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station around 8 a.m. from a home near 40th\u00a0Street West and Avenue F in Lancaster, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}