On Wednesday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the lion was released into what they described as a "suitable" habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which spans more than 1,000 square miles.
San Francisco Animal Care and Control warned residents on Monday about the mountain lion, after he was spotted near Lafyette Park in the city's Pacific Heights neighborhood the previous night.
"It was super big too, so I knew it wasn't like just a stray cat or anything, and it kind of walked up the road, like towards like where my car is," Hilton said. "And so immediately I got out my phone to record because I wanted to send a video to my friends."
Following his capture, biologists with Fish and Wildlife evaluated the animal, identified as a male weighing 77 pounds and estimated to be about two years of age. The animal was also fitted with a GPS tracking collar as part of the UC Santa Cruz Puma Project.
"For the most part, he's being pushed around by other males who have these home ranges that aren't letting him go in there. Really, he doesn't have much of a choice about where he's going and he just happens to end up in these bad situations," King told CBS News Bay Area.
Mountain lion sightings and encounters can be reported to the Department of Fish and Wildlife through their Wildlife Incident Reporting System.
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