An emaciated, orphaned mountain lion cub is now being cared for at the Oakland Zoo following her capture in the “nick of time” on Sunday, zoo officials said.

A hiker first spotted the cub, named “Rose” by Oakland Zoo caretakers, on April 5 in San Mateo County. She eluded capture for five days and when she arrived at the zoo at about 3 p.m. on Sunday she weighed only 8.8. pounds.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.