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Baby Mountain Lion Shot And Killed In Downtown Santa Monica: Baby Mountain Lion Shot And Killed In Downtown Santa Monica

Updated Tuesday, May 22 – 3:40 p.m.

Santa Monica police officers shot and killed a 75-pound, three-year-old male mountain lion in the courtyard of 1227 Second Street in Downtown Santa Monica on Tuesday morning.

Police and California Department of Fish and Game wardens had been at the scene since about 6 a.m. after a janitor saw the baby mountain lion in the courtyard of the building, which is home to SMC Emeritus College and a yoga studio.

SMPD Lt. Robert Almada told The Mirror that attempts were made to immobilize the animal with non-lethal force.

“We deployed a tranquilizer and the tranquilizer was ineffective,” Almada told The Mirror. “So then the animal attempted to charge out of the courtyard. We then deployed a pepper ball gun, which was less lethal, but that was ineffective. We attempted to use high-pressured fire hoses, but that was ineffective. The animal attempted to continue to flee the courtyard and enter the public area, and at that point we deployed lethal force from our firearms and the animal was killed.”

Almada said the Fish and Game wardens were the ones to fire the tranquilizer dart that was ineffective.

“Our officers fired both the pepper ball and then eventually the firearms,” he said.

Almada said it appeared the wild animal wandered into Downtown Santa Monica from the Santa Monica mountains.

Madeline Bernstein, President of spcaLA, asserts that an investigation should be conducted into the procedures and training protocols required for safely interacting and subduing wildlife.

“Basically, they agitated and frightened a cornered cat before they killed her,” Bernstein said. “Hosing a Mountain Lion down and then shooting her with pepper-balls only served to make her more frenzied. Deadly force should be used only as a last resort. The citizens and wildlife of California deserve better.”

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