{"id":456143,"date":"2026-09-07T10:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456143\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:50:47","slug":"threat-cleared-after-mountain-lion-located-in-sfs-panhandle-says-animal-care-and-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456143\/","title":{"rendered":"Threat cleared after mountain lion located in SF\u2019s Panhandle, says animal care and control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) \u2014 San Francisco Animal Care and Control issued an alert Saturday after a mountain lion was located in the city\u2019s Panhandle neighborhood. No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened near Fell and Baker streets, according to a social media post around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you see the mountain lion, slowly back away, do not run. Call Animal Care &amp; Control at 415-554-9400 or 911 in a life-safety emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/My-project-August-15-2023-at-15.35.41-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3122907\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>Photo courtesy of SF Animal Care &amp; Control.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/air-rescued-hiker-said-he-was-stalked-by-mountain-lion-sheriff\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tAir-rescued hiker said they were \u2018stalked\u2019 by mountain lion: sheriff\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The agency added, \u201cIf you have a child with you, pick them up and keep dogs on leash. If the mountain lion approaches, make yourself \u2018big,\u2019 wave your arms, shout, throw something, and again, do not run. Animal Care &amp; Control is on site and working with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and city officials to safely resolve the situation. Please avoid the area and stay in your home if you live nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They said the mountain lion left the area safely overnight, and operations around the Panhandle have ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) \u2014 San Francisco Animal Care and Control issued an alert Saturday after a mountain lion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-456143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}