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Mountain Lions

Budget and Spending

To help cougars cross busy 101 Freeway, Annenberg Foundation promises to match donations for bridge

A push to raise funds for a wildlife overpass Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2016 Building a cougar crossing over one of Southern California’s busiest freeways will cost tens of millions of dollars — funding that is unlikely to come any time soon from the Read more…

By Steve, 9 yearsOctober 20, 2016 ago
Conejo Valley

Mountain lions face ‘two evils’ in food hunt

L.A. pumas tend to get closer to urban areas – to avoid other cats. Source of this article, The Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2016 In the hills and wooded areas of the Los Angeles area, mountain lions remain a constant, yet mostly unseen, presence. But the predators may come closer to human Read more…

By Steve, 9 yearsJuly 17, 2016 ago
Federal NPS

Researchers discover two new mountain lion litters during “Summer of Kittens”

Difficult road ahead for Santa Monica Mountain cougar kittens Source of this article, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 14, 2016 National Park Service researchers recently discovered two litters of mountain lion kittens in the eastern Santa Susana Mountains. A total of five cubs, three females and two males, were ear-tagged Read more…

By Steve, 9 yearsJuly 14, 2016 ago
California State Parks

Photogenic lion meets with untimely demise

NPS blames rodenticide poisoning Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, October 15, 2015 A mountain lion found dead Sept. 30 within the boundaries of Point Mugu State Park has been identified as Puma-34, a juvenile female who was photographed last year walking across a backyard wall in Newbury Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsOctober 15, 2015 ago
Los Angeles

The ‘sad but not surprising death’ of a wandering puma known as P-32

The mountain lion, known as P-32, was a wanderer. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2015 By the time he was killed — struck Monday morning by a vehicle as he crossed Interstate 5 near Castaic — he had roamed nearly 150 miles through Newbury Park Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsAugust 14, 2015 ago
Federal NPS

Meet the Verdugo Mountains’ very own mountain lion: P-41

The Verdugo Mountains are his home. He’s P-41, a male mountain lion who is ‘kind of a ham’ Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2015 Johanna Turner, a sound effects editor for Universal Studios, joined the ranks of citizen scientists years ago, placing remote cameras in Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsMay 29, 2015 ago
Conejo Valley

Thousand Oaks joins other area cities in opposing anticoagulants

Rat poisons blamed for harming local predators Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 23, 2015 The Thousand Oaks City Council has approved a resolution urging businesses and residents not to sell or use a type of rodent poison blamed for harming wildlife. The resolution, passed April 14, Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsApril 23, 2015 ago
Los Angeles

Elusive mountain lion P-22 captivates LA then quickly vanishes

Cougar flees crawl space of Loz Feliz home after officials clear area Source of this article: The A celebrity mountain lion transformed a wealthy hillside neighborhood into a paparazzi-like scene of scrambling photographers before eluding everyone Tuesday and quietly slipping away. The 125-pound beast, easily recognizable by the collar and Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsApril 14, 2015 ago
Mountain Lions

Mountain lion known as P-33 makes a safe freeway passage

Researchers said big cat’s bold journey offers a measure of hope for survival of mountain lions in the region Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2015 A 16-month-old female mountain lion made famous in a series of remote-camera photographs left the Santa Monica Mountains early on Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsMarch 20, 2015 ago
Conejo Valley

Thousand Oaks considers taking action to discourage use of rodent poisons that kill wildlife

Experts say anticoagulants harm local wildlife        Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, March 19, 2015 The Thousand Oaks City Council is considering a resolution that would urge businesses not to sell and residents not to use a type of rodent poison that’s being blamed for harming local wildlife. Read more…

By Steve, 10 yearsMarch 19, 2015 ago

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