Have you ever heard of P-22, the legendary mountain lion who roamed the hills of Los Angeles for over a decade? Sadly, this beautiful big cat met his untimely demise after being hit by a vehicle and found injured in a backyard. This heart-wrenching story is not an isolated incident in California, as the state […]
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Mountain Lions Near Colorado Town Kill 15 Dogs in 30 Days!
Mountain lions are getting bolder and hungrier, as demonstrated by some unusual behavior in recent months. The apex predators are known for hunting and eating meat, but they are frequently in the news of late for their forays into populated areas in search of an easy meal. This should come as a surprise to no […]
Sick Mountain Lion Cub Named Holly Rescued in Northern California
Wildlife officials rescued a critically ill mountain lion cub in Northern California whom veterinarians named Holly for the holiday season. The cub is now being treated in intensive care, according to the Oakland Zoo. The cub was found by a Santa Cruz resident on her property, and she altered the state Department of Fish and […]
P-22, L.A.’s celebrity mountain lion, captured in the backyard of a Los Feliz home
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 […]
Ballsy Mountain Lion Saunters into Woman’s Home and Tries to Drag Her Dog Off by the Neck
We’ve all heard some startling stories recently about ballsy mountain lions and coyotes behaving a bit out of character. Even some bears have just barged right in. They’re usually food related, but this one is pretty scary. It seems a woman in Sonoma County, California, had an encounter with a puma that had the cheek […]
Conservationists Say US-Mexico Border is Blocking Movement of Wild Animals and Causing an ‘Ecocide’
The United States-Mexico border is blocking the movement of wild animals, and conservationists are warning that it is causing a possible “ecocide.” Southern Arizona and northern Mexico are home to thousands of native animal and plant species. Before the border wall was built in 1994, the animals used to roam freely back and forth. […]
Mountain lion P-54 is killed by vehicle four years after her mother died on the same road
A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday in the Santa Monica Mountains, not far from where her mother was killed in a 2018 crash, the National Park Service said. P-54, born in 2017, was struck around 9:30 a.m. on Las Virgenes Road between Piuma Road and Mulholland Highway, becoming “the latest […]
A mountain lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was playing hide-and-seek at a church camp in Washington state
At a church camp in Washington state, a mountain lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was playing hide-and-seek, gravely injuring her and sending her pals fleeing in terror. On Saturday at the camp in the small town of Fruitland, north-west of Spokane, Lily A Kryzhanivskyy and two other youngsters were playing in the woods. The […]