UPDATE: Mountain lion corralled inside empty classroom at Bay Area high school, authorities say 🐱
A quick-thinking custodian safely confined a mountain lion in an empty classroom after it entered a Northern California high school Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The custodian was opening Pescadero High for the school day when the juvenile cougar was spotted, said Detective Javier Acosta with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. No students or teachers were on campus at the time, Acosta said. "The mountain lion casually walked through campus and decided to go into an English classroom," he said."The custodian acted quickly and managed to shut the door behind it."The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was called to humanely remove the big cat and return it to its natural habitat, officials said.The SMCSO can confirm at this time that ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SAFE at Pescadero High School.
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