Cops: Mountain Lions Roaming In Marina, Monterey - KSBW The Central Coast

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By Amy Larson, KSBW.com

MARINA, Calif. -- On the same day a mountain lion was seen prowling through the City of Monterey, another cougar was spotted at the Marina Municipal Airport, police said Tuesday.Early Monday morning, a mountain lion hung out at Marina's airport near the corner of Imjin Road and Reservation Road, Marina police said.About an hour earlier, a resident saw a cougar strolling through the Cielo Vista area of Monterey, Monterey police Lt. Leslie Sonne said.The puma sighting was the third in less than two months reported within Monterey city limits. The other two Monterey sightings happened on Aug. 9 at 4:30 p.m. on the 200 block of Glenwood Circle, and on Sept. 8 at 4:30 a.m. on the 1000 block of Harrison.Mountain lion spotters told the California Department of Fish and Game that none of the big cats were showing aggressive behavior.More than half of California is mountain lion habitat and between 4,000 and 6,000 live in the state, Fish and Game officials said.While they prefer deer for dinner, cougars eat hundreds of pets and livestock animals every year. In July, residents in Aromas were upset because a cougar killed and ate their two pet goats. A brown and white goat named Billy was the sole survivor."We don't have any kids, so those were our kids essentially," the goats' owner Keith Rootsaert said. "I really miss Daisy and Lilly a lot. Billy, by himself, he's a wreck. Every morning he gets up and he's looking for them."In extremely rare cases, people have fallen prey to mountain lions. Within the past century, only six people have been killed by mountain lions in California, Fish and Game officials said.