""Everything went smoothly," said Krysten Kellum, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "He's a healthy mountain lion. He left his crate right away and off he went into the forest.""
""I was like, 'it's that same guy,'" King said. "He's still looking for his own little home territory.""
""I was actually able to do the darting, removed him from this backyard and we relocated him that time," King said. "Once again I was, 'alright like maybe I'll see him again, maybe I won't.'""
A two-year-old, 77-pound mountain lion wandered into Pacific Heights, San Francisco, appearing in neighborhood yards and crossing city streets. Officials safely captured the cat in a courtyard garden between apartment buildings. California Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel released the animal into the Santa Cruz Mountains early Wednesday morning. Field Biologist Richie King of the Santa Cruz Puma Project identified the cat as male 157m, previously collared and tracked. King had earlier darted and relocated 157m from a Saratoga backyard and re-collared him after the recent capture. King hopes the animal carves out territory and survives.
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