{"id":806105,"date":"2026-08-07T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806105\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:00:10","slug":"mountain-lion-safely-captured-after-strolling-through-san-dimas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806105\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Lion safely captured after strolling through San Dimas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A mountain lion wandering through a San Dimas neighborhood sparked the temporary closure of a street before wildlife officials safely captured and removed the big cat Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies assisting wildlife officials as they carried the tranquilized animal to a brown cage to transport it out of the area.<\/p>\n<p>Curious residents watched as the animal was being loaded into the cage, bringing an eventful morning for the San Gabriel Valley neighborhood to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began after 8 a.m. when the L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s San Dimas Station announced on <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbvnPLTG-kr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram <\/a>that it received reports about a mountain lion roaming along Foothill Boulevard between San Dimas Avenue and San Dimas Canyon Road.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"A mountain lion is prepped for transport after being tranquilized in a San Dimas neighborhood on Friday.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786136410_905_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>A mountain lion is prepped for transport after being tranquilized in a San Dimas neighborhood on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>(Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>The department shared photos and images showing the big cat on a sidewalk under the shade of a tree while deputies set up a perimeter. <\/p>\n<p>The department urged residents to stay away from the area while also securing pets and any outdoor food that could attract the puma. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRunners, pedestrians, and residents are asked to remain vigilant,\u201d the post read. <\/p>\n<p>Cort Klopping, public information officer with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the agency had received reports and was responding to the location.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mountain lion wandering through a San Dimas neighborhood sparked the temporary closure of a street before wildlife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[14854,10071,18211,17858,2354,11899,342169,2853,14857,2862,93443,342168,342170,79,141290,201,120619],"class_list":["post-806105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-area","tag-department","tag-fish","tag-los-angeles-county-sheriff","tag-mountain-lion","tag-pedestrian","tag-public-information-officer","tag-report","tag-resident","tag-road","tag-runner","tag-san-dimas","tag-san-dimas-canyon-road","tag-science","tag-shade","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-official"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806105","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=806105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}