Mountain lion tranquilized inside California office building after video shows officers chase it through industrial park
CBSN
A 113-pound mountain lion was tranquilized Tuesday after it wandered into an industrial park and entered an office building in Southern California, police and wildlife officials said. Dramatic video showed the cat racing through the area and officers chasing the animal outside a business window, CBS Los Angeles reported.
The mountain lion was at the property in Irvine when it was spooked by something and ran through an open door into the building, said Rebecca Barboza, a biologist with the California Fish and Wildlife Department.
People inside the building were able to scramble out, but the big cat had no way of leaving and was tranquilized, Barboza said.
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