Mountain lion turns up at L.A. high school, home of the Cougars

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:21pm EDT

Mountain lion turns up at L.A. high school, home of the Cougars

A mountain lion found its way onto the grounds of a Los Angeles high school on Friday, prompting police to lock down the campus before the big cat was shot with tranquilizer darts a few blocks away.

No one was injured in the incident at John F. Kennedy High School, said Andrew Hughan of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the mountain lion was transported to a safe habitat in the nearby Santa Susana Mountains.

Students at the high school and residents, meanwhile, celebrated the sighting on social media and live-tweeted its capture on Twitter. Ironically, the high school - located in Granada Hills - has the mascot of a "Golden Cougar".

"Get lectured in class oooorrrr get killed by a mountain lion," @gisellede_leon said in a widely shared tweet. "It was nice knowing yall."

Hughan said the Los Angeles Police Department first began getting reports of the animal on campus between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. PT and locked down the school before summoning game wardens.

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[pinboy3niner]

1. I hope this isn't the start of a trend

My old high school is the home of the Vikings.

[Glassunion]

2. My HS... Home to the Raiders

Thank god I moved across the country and now the worst is I have to worry about the "Stateliners"...

[Odin2005]

3. Mine is the Spartans...

[Marrah_G]

6. Mine was the Rebels

In Massachusetts, complete with confederate flag and dixie fight song...........

[meow2u3]

4. The cougar was on his home turf

The high school IS the home of the Cougars, so the cougar made himself at home.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Big cat