P-22, the iconic mountain lion who roamed Los Angeles, was euthanized Saturday.
mountain lion who was euthanized Saturday due to severe injuries suffered in a likely automobile accident.
"RIP P-22," community organizer Christian La Mont tweeted Saturday. "He wasn't just a big cat. He was a symbol of resistance. Resistance to the idea that LA has no wildlife, to development in his own backyard, to dwindling numbers of mountain lions in SoCal. He lived his 9 cat lives to the fullest & captured our hearts."
Bonham said that after consultation with several veterinary experts, the decision was made to humanely euthanize the animal at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where he was being treated, to spare him further suffering. He was believed to be about 11 or 12 years old, making him the oldest cat in the NPS' study of Southland lions. He is believed to have been born in the Santa Monica Mountains, somehow finding his way to his tiny, nine-square- mile home in Griffith Park, separated from his birth area by two of the busiest freeways in the world.
Bowman noted that evidence suggests P-22 could have been struck by a vehicle Sunday evening, though that hasn't been definitively confirmed. " ... Although he made frequent appearances on the streets of the Hollywood Hills and even, more recently, of the Silver Lake neighborhood, he was also clearly a wild cat, doing so mostly late at night, and subsisting largely on natural prey such as deer and coyotes.
Beth Pratt, California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, also issued an emotional eulogy for P-22, marveling that "a mountain lion lived here, right here in Los Angeles.""I am so grateful I was given the opportunity to say goodbye to P-22. Although I have advocated for his protection for a decade, we had never met before," she wrote. "I sat near him, looking into his eyes for a few minutes, and told him he was a good boy.
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