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Mountain Lion Trapped In Classroom At CA High School

Students and staff were at school Wednesday morning when the mountain lion entered the building, according to the sheriff's office.

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In this photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, is a mountain lion after it entered an empty high school classroom in Pescadero Wednesday. A quick-thinking member of the custodial staff was able to safely confine the mountain lion.
In this photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, is a mountain lion after it entered an empty high school classroom in Pescadero Wednesday. A quick-thinking member of the custodial staff was able to safely confine the mountain lion. (Javier Acosta/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — A mountain lion entered school grounds at Pescadero High School on Wednesday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

The lion was contained to a classroom and all students and staff were reported safe at 9:18 a.m. Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office.

The mountain lion, believed to be a young cub, was contained to an English classroom by a "swift-acting custodian," according to an update by the sheriff's office.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was dispatched to the school for "safe and humane removal of the animal" and return it to the wild, according to the sheriff's office.

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