{"id":710742,"date":"2026-06-18T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710742\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:03:09","slug":"mountain-lion-sightings-lead-to-capture-in-hanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710742\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain lion sightings lead to capture in Hanford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HANFORD, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Hanford Police Department had warned residents to be on the lookout after receiving numerous reports of a possible mountain lion within city limits.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they had contacted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, the police department announced that the mountain lion had been located and tranquilized by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/california-wildlife-officials-relocate-mountain-lion-found-sleeping-in-merced-tree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California wildlife officials relocate mountain lion found sleeping in Merced tree<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jesse Villasenor recorded a video of the big cat walking through his backyard on Centennial Drive and Merrit Street.<\/p>\n<p><p>A mountain lion was spotted roaming through a neighborhood in Hanford. Jesse Villasenor got this video in his backyard on Centennial Drive. The big cat was located and tranquilized by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The department urged anyone who sees an animal resembling the one shown in their Facebook post \u2014 either in person or on home security footage \u2014 to keep a safe distance. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (2)<\/p>\n<p>Residents were asked to call the Hanford Police Department non-emergency line at (559) 585-2540 to report sightings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HANFORD, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Hanford Police Department had warned residents to be on the lookout after receiving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-710742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}