{"id":7792,"date":"2019-02-18T13:36:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T09:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T09:36:52","slug":"mountain-lion-rescued-by-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2019\/02\/18\/mountain-lion-rescued-by-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain lion &#8216;rescued&#8217; by firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A very large cat has been rescued from a tree near a property in California after the homeowner saw it while working in the garden, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>US firefighters arrived at the property in San Bernardino after the mountain lion &#8211; or cougar &#8211; was spotted perched on a branch about 50ft (15m) high.<\/p>\n<p>The area was then secured and the animal was tranquilised and lowered to the ground using a harness.<\/p>\n<p>It was released back into the wild following an assessment by biologists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is common for young mountain lions to wander outside what some would consider normal habitat in an attempt to establish their territory,&#8221; said Kevin Brennan, a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/63CC\/production\/_105684552_e5540e25-0e2e-4cc1-a4f5-77b16f5bb4ca.jpg\" alt=\"The mountain lion was rescued by firefighters using a ladder\" width=\"976\" height=\"600\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\">Firefighters arrived within minutes to extract the animal<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>The department&#8217;s warden, Rick Fischer, said that extracting the animal would have been difficult had the firefighters not turned up within several minutes on Saturday afternoon with a ladder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leaving the lion in the tree would not have been safe for the community,&#8221; Mr Fischer added in a statement posted on the San Bernardino County Fire Facebook account.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8ADC\/production\/_105684553_e2dfd99e-43f9-444b-8457-774bbd5e5231.jpg\" alt=\"The mountain lion was released back into the wild after it regained consciousness\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\">The mountain lion was released back into the wild after it regained consciousness<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Cougars, also known as mountain lions, panthers or pumas, are members of the wild cat family. They live across the Americas, from British Columbia to Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain lion attacks on humans are extremely rare.\u00a0In North America, for example, fewer than a dozen fatalities have been recorded in more than 100 years, according to figures provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0a man running on a popular park trail in the mountains of northern Colorado killed a mountain lion\u00a0after it pounced on him from behind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very large cat has been rescued from a tree near a property in California after the homeowner saw it while working in the garden, officials say. US firefighters arrived at the property in San Bernardino after the mountain lion &#8211; or cougar &#8211; was spotted perched on a branch about 50ft (15m) high. 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