Exclusive video of the discovery of the lion! Animal Control Officer Quirke & Animal Control Officer Tumath were patrolling overnight when at 1:30 they spotted the mountain lion who'd been roaming in Pacific Heights. They kept eyes on him, then SFPD arrived to secure the scene at 2:30. California Department of Fish & Wildlife and the S.F. Zoo team arrived later, & SFFD arrived to help too. He was tranquilized after an hours-long standoff. The lion will be released to more suitable habitat For mo

A young mountain lion roaming San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood was spotted prowling an area near Lafayette Park, took a break on a woman's doorstep from his nocturnal wanderings. Wildlife experts have located the animal and a staff member from the San Francisco Zoo is on the scene with a tranquilizer gun by an apartment building on California at Octavia streets. Read the full story here: https://abc7news.com/18482291/ | ABC7 News

At around 3 a.m., Roxanne Blank had just gotten home from a coworker’s going-away party when she spotted an unexpected visitor on her apartment stoop: a young mountain lion staring her straight in the face.“ We locked eyes for about five minutes in total,” she says. “It was super magical.” The lion was captured the next morning in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood after a lengthy standoff involving Animal Care and Control, the San Francisco Zoo, the California Department of Fish and W

Western lowland gorillas at the San Francisco Zoo shyly and daintily examined some holiday-themed treats. | ABC 7 Chicago

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