More than a decade after crossing the 405 and 101 freeways to reach his longtime home in Griffith Park, the celebrity mountain lion P-22 made a far less glamorous journey Monday, carried out of a Los Feliz backyard in a blanket by scientists who had sedated him for medical testing. The aging cougar is in […]
Tag: Los Angeles
Large Bear Wanders Through L.A. Neighborhood Visibly in Pain with Arrow Stuck in Body
A large bear was seen wandering around backyards in the Los Angeles area with an arrow sticking out of the animal’s body. Although residents in the city of Arcadia in Los Angeles County are used to seeing bears occasionally, this poor, injured bear was different. Ernie Camacho, a resident of the area told CBS Los […]
Petition: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Bulldozing Project at Ballona Wetlands on the Los Angeles Coast
A group called Defend Ballona Wetlands has sued the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW). Molly Bassler, a Climate Reality Project leader with the Los Angeles chapter, and Robert van de Hoek, a wildlife biologist, are joining it in the suit. The litigants are challenging the CDFW’s approval of a project they say would […]
Firefighters Rescue Great Horned Owl from Ashes of California Wildfire
Crew 12 of the Ventura County Fire Department had an unexpected surprise on Sunday, November 3, while patrolling an area adjacent to the then-active Maria Fire just north of Los Angeles: a Great Horned Owl hopping along the ground in the ashes. It’s unusual to spy the nocturnal birds during daylight, and even odder to […]
Petition: Yet Another Mountain Lion Has Been Killed by Rat Poison
When two mountain lion kittens were discovered in a remote den in the Santa Monica Mountains three years ago, there were concerns about their ability to survive in this challenging environment. Although a wildlife corridor across the busy 101 Freeway is in the planning stages, I wondered back in January 2016 if it would it […]
Los Angeles is on Track to Become the Largest City Yet to Ban Fur
Animal advocates are celebrating some major progress for animals in Los Angeles, which is about to become the biggest city yet to act to ban fur. This week, the City Council voted unanimously to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would ban both the manufacturing and sale of fur products, which would […]
Did Rat Poison Kill a Famous L.A. Mountain Lion?
One of the most well-known mountain lions in the Los Angeles area was P-41, famous for safely crossing a busy freeway and making his home in the Verdugo Mountains northeast of the city. Tragically, the 10-year-old mountain lion’s good luck ran out in October. His noticeably thin body was discovered a few days after a […]
An Eagle Helps Preserve L.A. Land for a Wildlife Corridor
There are 17 acres of open land in the Hollywood Hills that provide a crucial corridor for wildlife like mountain lions, bobcats and deer. But, as I wrote in October 2015, that land was in danger of being subdivided into a housing development with four mansions, destroying the corridor. This would be devastating for local […]