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Updated · Pasadena Now · Jun 5Pasadena Issues Shelter-in-Place After 1 Mountain Lion Sighting
3 articles · Updated · Pasadena Now · Jun 5Summary
- Pasadena issued a shelter-in-place advisory for people near the sighting area after a mountain lion was spotted, with no injuries reported.
- Animal control officers and Pasadena police were on scene, and the city warned traffic could be disrupted by road closures around the immediate area.
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers were responding, and the city released a photograph it said showed the actual mountain lion.
- The advisory was described as a precaution as the response continued in what officials called a developing situation.
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With local lions now endangered, are residents less safe when one enters their neighborhood? As cities expand into nature, is relocating lions a real solution or just delaying the next inevitable conflict?