A Southern California household making an attempt to bust a beast attacking its pets by rigging a entice to catch the sneaky predator obtained the shock of a lifetime once they discovered a mountain lion lurking inside.
The Hernandez household observed that a number of of its henhouse chickens and 4 cats had gone lacking from their Fallbrook yard in San Diego County.
“There was a giant gap on the rooftop and there have been chickens lacking and there have been feathers everywhere,” Sonia Hernandez advised FOX 5.
The household thought a coyote was in charge, so her father-in-law determined to construct a selfmade entice to catch the perpetrator. They had been shocked to later discover a mountain lion inside.
Fearing for her children’ security, Sonia mentioned the household referred to as 911 — just for wildlife officers to reach the next day and launch the animal again into the wild.
California regulation requires any privately trapped mountain lion to be let out in the identical space the place it was caught.
Hernandez mentioned she understood that authorities had been following protocol, however she and neighbors thought they might relocate the cougar to a different space.
“We weren’t actually completely happy about that due to our kids and animals,” she mentioned.
She added that “we do have that concern it can come again.”
Neighbor Jeanette Villegas, who owns horses on her property, additionally expressed concern.
“Releasing that animal realizing it has a meals supply, I imagine it could come again,” Villegas mentioned. “And I stroll the property within the night to verify on my animals, and who is aware of if it’s watching me. It could possibly be lurking behind a constructing, a bush, something.”
