‘I only have 1 dog:’ Shocked California homeowner spots mountain lion ‘playing’ with pet

A mountain lion noticed within the yard of a northern California residence prompted authorities to problem a warning to space residents after efforts to nab the massive cat had been unsuccessful.

House safety footage shared with KCRA-TV in Sacramento reveals a household canine chasing the wild feline via the yard in the neighborhood of Morada, simply east of the San Francisco Bay Space.

Home-owner Sandy Ali informed the NBC affiliate that she was having a Bible research at her residence when a buddy regarded out the window and remarked on her two canines taking part in exterior.

“I mentioned, ‘I solely have one canine,'” Ali recalled.

The mountain lion leapt right into a tree in a single certain earlier than Ali known as 911, she mentioned. A number of businesses responded to her residence at 6:45 p.m. however the mountain lion escaped.

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“Our deputies and animal companies labored properly into the morning hours making an attempt to securely lure the mountain lion,” San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on X, previously Twitter.

The company issued a warning late Friday on the platform, telling residents that the lion was on the unfastened.

“The mountain lion is just not aggressive and there’s no hazard at the moment,” the company posted, telling residents to remain inside with their pets as a precaution.

By the following morning, the mountain lion remained at giant and the sheriff’s workplace requested that anybody who noticed it name its workplace.

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