{"slug": "mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard", "title": "Mountain lion captured in Redwood City yard", "summary": "A young female mountain lion was tranquilized and captured in a Redwood City yard on Monday morning. Wildlife officials fitted the animal with a tracking collar and will release it in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The incident was resolved without harm to the lion or residents.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...A mountain lion was tranquilized and captured in a Redwood City yard on Monday morning, wildlife officials said.\n\nThe animal, now wearing a tracking collar, will be released in the Santa Cruz Mountains.\n\nRedwood City police issued an alert around 11 a.m. for the neighborhood of the 1800 block of Madison Avenue; it asked that residents keep their pets indoors.\n\nUsing drones, police and officers of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife located the lion in a backyard. It was then immobilized with a tranquilizing dart.\n\nThe animal is a young female, estimated to be 1 to 2 years old.\n\n“This appears to be a no-harm, no-foul situation where a mountain lion has left nearby suitable habitat and wandered into a populated area,” said Krysten Kellum, a spokesperson for the wildlife agency.\n\nThe neighborhood is near Red Morton Park, on the west side of Redwood City. Mountain lions have been sighted in Stulsaft Park, in the hills about a mile to the west.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/16/mountain-lion-redwood-city/", "published_at": "2026-06-16 13:14:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 13:21:44.147321+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Redwood City", "California Department of Fish and Wildlife", "Krysten Kellum", "Santa Cruz Mountains", "Red Morton Park", "Stulsaft Park"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mountain-lion-captured-in-redwood-city-yard.jsonld"}}