Mountain Lion Caught In Bay Area High School Classroom
THIS JUST IN: A mountain lion is inside a classroom at Pescadero High School, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said. https://t.co/UQIYAHk5j0
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 1, 2022
Final Update
Update on the mountain lion: The mountain Lion has been safely removed from Pescadero High School by @CaliforniaDFW It is believed to be a male approximately 4-6 months old. It will be transported to Oakland Zoo for a health assessment pic.twitter.com/A3SDpUpXhD— San Mateo County S.O (@SMCSheriff) June 2, 2022
Crazy story from the Bay Area, but with a happy and safe ending. A mountain lion wandered into a classroom at Pesacadero High School. near the San Mateo County coast. Here’s ABC 7 Bay Area with more:
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office says a quick-thinking staff member closed the door and was able to keep the mountain lion inside an English classroom where it spent most of the day.
No students or staff were inside the classroom at the time. Just after 3 p.m., The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was able to get the mountain lion out of the classroom.
“We used a dart tranquilizer rifle to put a drug mix into the animal through the dart and it went down smoothly, no problems,” said John Krause, with Fish and Wildlife.
Here’s some video from KTVU 2:
