Two Mountain Lion Incidents in Two Days on Peninsula

A mountain lion was spotted this morning near Redwood City, San Mateo County emergency services officials said.

The big cat was seen from a distance from residences in the area of the first block of West Summit Drive in the Emerald Lake Hills neighborhood around 7:30 a.m., county emergency officials said.

The homes are located east of Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve.

Mountain lions tend to avoid confrontation and people who encounter one are advised to not approach or run from it, county emergency officials said.

If anyone faces a mountain lion, they should pick up small children and appear larger by waving their arms, making noises and throwing objects at the animal, according to county emergency officials.

Emergency services officials also said no one should approach a lion that is feeding with offspring. People should also avoid hiking or jogging during dawn, dusk and night hours when mountain lions are most active, county emergency officials said.

And on Friday morning, a mountain lion was struck and killed by a car on Interstate Highway 280 in San Bruno, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said today.

Officers responded to a report of a mountain lion’s body on southbound Highway 280 near Sneath Lane around 8 a.m., CHP Officer Vu Williams said.

Arriving officers found the big cat on the side of the roadway and determined it died after being hit by a car, Williams said. The car was not at the scene when officers arrived and no witnesses to the collision came forward, he said.

Officials from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to the scene and removed the deceased mountain lion from the freeway, according to Williams.

Williams estimated that the lion weighed about 75 to 80 pounds.

More information on mountain lions can be found online at http://www.keepmewild.org.

--Bay City News

--Image courtesy of CHP on Twitter.

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