A resident found a baby mountain lion all alone in California \u2014 and even wildlife officials couldn\u2019t find its mom<\/p>\n
. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife set up wildlife surveillance cameras and also searched on foot hoping to find the tiny cub\u2019s mom, \u201cbut sadly no mountain lions were detected in the area for several days,\u201d the Oakland Zoo said in a Facebook post Aug. 7.<\/p>\n
So department personnel brought the 4-week-old cub to the Oakland Zoo for care, the zoo said.<\/p>\n
While officials didn\u2019t say how the cub may have ended up orphaned in El Dorado County, mountain lion moms are often killed by cars in the area, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a mother mountain lion is killed in a car strike, it is likely her cubs will not survive because they rely on her for food and guidance,\u201d the zoo said on its website. A beloved mountain lion was killed crossing a Southern California highway in January \u2014 not far from where one of her cubs had also died, McClatchy News previously reported.<\/p>\n
Video shows the little blue-eyed cub curiously looking around during a veterinary examination, wrapped in a light blue blanket that matches its eyes.<\/p>\n