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Cougar Cub Rescued In Idyllwild Will Be Transported to Arizona Facility
The San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife Team will release a rescued mountain lion cub to her new home Friday, a little more than a month after she was found on the brink of death.
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Dying Mountain Cub Nursed Back to Health By San Diego Humane Society
An orphaned mountain lion cub who arrived at the San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife Ramona campus is in better condition after weeks of intensive care by the medical staff. The cub was spotted by firefighters from the Vista Grande Fire Station near a road in Idyllwild on September 2. The cub was then transferred to the shelter. The cub…
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Mountain Lion Cub Treated by San Diego Humane Society
An orphaned mountain lion cub who arrived at the San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife Ramona campus is in better condition after weeks of intensive care by the medical staff.
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Mountain Lion Cub Burned in Calif. Fire Is Rescued by Firefighter, Treated at Zoo
An orphaned mountain lion cub rescued this week inside a Shasta County wildfire zone was being treated for burns by veterinarians at the Oakland Zoo.
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Abnormalities Linked to Inbreeding Spotted For First Time in Local Area Mountain Lions
Inbreeding has long been identified as a major threat to the survival of mountain lions living in the isolated habitat of the Santa Monica Mountains, and biologists said on Wednesday that they have spotted the first physical abnormalities to develop in lions as a result of the limited genetic diversity.
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Monrovia Mountain Lion Removed From Crawlspace Under a House
A mountain lion that had been roaming around a Monrovia neighborhood for days was tranquilized after it was found Thursday morning under a house. Monrovia police and California Department of Fish and Wildlife agents responded to the foothill neighborhood at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The big cat was under the house Wednesday night before coming out and…
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Roaming Mountain Lion Caught in Downtown San Francisco
A young mountain lion that had been spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco was safely captured Thursday and will be released into the wild, officials said.
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State Moves Closer to Protection for Area Mountain Lions
In a unanimous decision, the California Fish and Game Commission Thursday moved a step closer to protecting six struggling mountain lion populations — including those in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains — under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The commission’s decision clears the way for a yearlong review on whether the six populations of mountain lions should be…
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Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Director Tries to Save Last Living Mountain Lion in the Area
The executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy said in remarks published Tuesday that he’s willing to take matters into his own hands and spend his own money to prevent the death of the last remaining male mountain lion in the area after a young mountain lion that attacked a dozen animals over two years was legally killed by the landowner whose...
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Mountain Lion Captured in Backyard of a Simi Valley Home
A mountain lion was captured early Thursday just hours after police warned residents about the big cat in a Simi Valley neighborhood. The sightings came about a week after a miniature Schnauzer was killed by a mountain lion in the community northwest of Los Angeles. The captured mountain lion is not the same animal in last week’s attack, authorities...
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Mountain Lion Killed in Los Angeles on 405 Freeway
The mountain lion known as P-61, who successfully managed to cross the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass in July, was struck and killed today on that same section of the freeway, park officials said.
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Mountain Lion P-61's Amazing Feat: Crossing One of SoCal's Busiest Freeways
In an ongoing saga of the difficulty mountain lions face as they attempt to cross one of Southern California’s busiest freeways, wildlife officials shared an amazing update Thursday: a 4-year-old male mountain lion, named P-61, crossed the 405 Freeway around the Sepulveda Pass area, after many others had been killed trying to do the same in the past.
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Authorities Remove Cougar from Tree Outside Hesperia Home
Firefighters rescued a mountain lion from a tree outside a home in the Southern California desert.
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Mountain Lion P-64 Discovered Dead After Surviving Woolsey Fire
He survived the flames of Southern California’s Woolsey Fire that ripped through his habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains, but a mountain lion known as P-64 has now been found dead of unknown causes, National Park Service officials said Friday.
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2 Mountain Lions Spotted Walking Around Poway Home
Two mountain lions were caught on security cameras walking up to a Poway home on July 22 a little after midnight.
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Mountain Lions Spotted Outside Poway Home
Two mountain lions were spotted outside a home in Poway on July 22. Homeowner Amy Young was surprised to seem them so close when she checked her camera surveillance footage.
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Mountain Lion Cub Burned in Thomas Fire Rescued in Santa Paula
An orphaned mountain lion cub whose paws were burned during the massive Thomas fire was rescued Dec. 22 by the Santa Paula Police Department. The cub — who most likely would have starved and died if she was not captured — is now recovering at a wildlife center.
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Permission to Kill Mountain Lion Granted After Cougar Kills 12 Farm Animals
A permit to shoot and possibly kill a mountain lion was granted to a ranch owner in the mountains above Malibu Monday, when a state game warden determined the lion was the culprit in the killing of a dozen farm animals over the weekend.
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Mountain Lion Spotted Walking Next to Pool in Murrieta Backyard
When a Murrieta resident suspected a mountain lion was sneaking into his backyard, he set up motion sensor cameras and caught his new visitor on camera walking near his swimming pool.
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Roaming Mountain Lion Captured Near High School in Granada Hills
Wildlife officials and police officers fanned out across a Southern California neighborhood Friday morning as they tried to capture a mountain lion roaming a high school campus.