Shutdown Chilean capital gets visit from a cougar

A puma climbs a wall during the dawn at a neighbourhood before being captured and taken to a zoo, in Santiago, Chile March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Pina

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A young cougar surprised residents of a central neighbourhood of the Chilean capital Santiago early on Tuesday as it padded through streets that were almost deserted amid a widespread shutdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The wild cat, thought to have come down from the Manquehue mountain that overlooks the city, was described by witnesses as appearing to be disoriented and scared.