Overview
- State game wardens shot the mountain lion with a tranquilizer dart and officers surrounded it in the 1800 block of Madison Avenue Monday morning.
- The Redwood City Police Department issued an alert and asked residents to keep pets indoors and avoid the area as a safety precaution.
- Video and aerial footage from local news showed CDFW officers around the tranquilized cat and SkyRanger images appeared to show crews over the animal.
- Officials have provided few additional details so far and CDFW biologists will evaluate the mountain lion before deciding whether to relocate it.
- Mountain lions sometimes wander into neighborhoods at the edge of open space, and this incident underscores standard CDFW response steps and local risks to pets and people.