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Puma Prowler Is ‘Knocked Out’

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A mountain lion that apparently had been casing the Northwood neighborhood for the last few nights was cornered Friday and tranquilized by police.

“This is the second night in a row we got a call about a mountain lion in that area,” Irvine Police Lt. Mike White said.

About 9 p.m. Friday, a resident told police a puma was in her back yard on Hunter. When officers arrived, they found the animal in a tree.

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City animal control agents shot it with a tranquilizer dart.

“Right now it’s knocked out and lying in a flower bed,” White said. “Nobody wants to be the first one to go up to him and see how he’s doing.”

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