The animal was chased into the garage in Monterey County at
around 2:30 p.m. and was caught in there until about 8:20 p.m.
State Department of Fish and Game officials got to the scene,
drilled two holes in the garage and waited for a clear shot before
shooting the mountain lion with a tranquillizer dart. It took hours for the firefighters and police officers to lure
the big cat into an open space. Finally, wildlife biologist Jeff
Cann hit the mountain lion on its back with his second shot. Several minutes later, officials bound and tagged the mountain
lion and doused it with water to bring its temperature down. "When the cats are down, they lose their ability to regulate
their temperature," Cann told The Californian of Salinas. The National Park Service agreed to receive the animal at
Pinnacles National Monument, where it was to be released Thursday
night. Last month, a mountain lion roaming the streets of Palo Alto was
shot to death, after officials determined it posed a public threat. Two mountain lions were shot in January after a big cat attacked two mountain bikers in Orange County, killing one of them. Previous Stories:
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