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San Francisco residents captured footage of a mountain lion snooping about their front yard. Photo: San Francisco Standard\/\/Instagram<\/p>\n
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Surfers in San Francisco had to keep an eye out while changing in and out of their wetsuits today. The city was put on high alert as a mountain lion was spotted Friday morning in the Outer Sunset neighborhood, just a few blocks from Ocean Beach.<\/p>\n
In an alert<\/a>, the city\u2019s Department of Emergency Management said the sighting occurred at 44th Avenue and Ulloa Street. According to the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, city animal care and control officials located and tranquilized the cougar around 10:30 a.m. in front of a home on 44th Avenue and carried it away to be relocated.<\/p>\n Earlier in the morning, the city had advised citizens to avoid the area<\/a>, and slowly back away and not run if they saw it.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you have a child with you \u2014 pick them up \u2014 and keep dogs on leash,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cIf the mountain lion approaches \u2014 make yourself \u2018big\u2019 wave your arms, shout, throw something, and again, do not run.\u201d<\/p>\n Footage obtained by the San Francisco Standard<\/a> shows the animal roaming front yards in the densely populated neighborhood. Reports indicated that the mountain lion and wildlife authorities were in a standoff while they decided how to proceed.<\/p>\n Run-ins with cougars have become increasingly commonplace in San Francisco this year. Just two weeks ago, people spotted a mountain lion twice<\/a> around Golden Gate Park. In January, wildlife authorities captured a mountain lion<\/a> in the Pacific Heights neighborhood and released it. It\u2019s unclear if these sightings were the same animal or different ones.<\/p>\n