Mountain Lion in Rohnert Park 10-18-21 (photo courtesy of Rohnert Park Public Safety)
The mountain lion that caused two Rohnert Park schools to go into lockdown yesterday has a neurological disorder. Quinton Martins, a biologist with Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Living With Lions project, tells the Press Democrat that they’ve know about the cat called P26 or Wobbly since she was three months old. He says that she has a neurological disorder since she was a kitten that causes her to walk slower than other mountain lions and with a tilt. Martins shot the lioness with a tranquilizer and the animal was taken to the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma. The lockdowns at Evergreen Elementary School and Lawrence Jones Middle School were lifted shortly afterwards. Staff at the rescue center will now evaluate Wobbly for potential health problems.