DFG Award Total Now Up to $16,700 Source of this article: The Malibu Surfside News, November 17, 2011 The Malibu City Council this week unanimously agreed to add $5000 to the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Read more…
Poaching death shines light on the battle to save area’s big cats Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, October 20, 2011 By Sylvie Belmond In addition to threats from traffic, pesticide poisoning and urban encroachment, the small number of mountain lions occupying the 250-square-mile Santa Monica Mountains wilderness Read more…
Investigators are hoping they’ll get a tip in the case of P-15, found dead in the western Santa Monica Mountains in September. Source of this Article: The Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2011 By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times A mountain lion found dead in the western Santa Monica Mountains Read more…
The 15-month-old male may have collided with a vehicle near the Getty Center. The National Park Service had outfitted the animal with a tracking device. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2011 By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times One of roughly a half-dozen mountain lions living in Read more…
Foothill residents are reminded that the Southland still has a wild side. Experts say the big cats routinely venture into civilization, but most go unnoticed. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2008. By Joe Mozingo, Times Staff Writer An engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Read more…
Another cub is killed. Was it the usual suspect or a newcomer? Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2006. By Amanda Covarrubias, Times Staff Writer On Sept. 25, when the radio tracking collar of a young male mountain lion in the Santa Monica Mountains emitted a Read more…
Officers deployed to capture cougar outside Willmar home – February 1, 2006. By Peter Cox, West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minnesota) WILLMAR — Chris Buzzeo had just picked up a co-worker on Sixth Street on his way to work Tuesday morning when he noticed something up in a tree. ‘“Did you Read more…
The mountain lion is finished off about half a mile from a Rancho Santa Margarita school. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2006. By Dave McKibben, Times Staff Writer A Rancho Santa Margarita homeowner shot a mountain lion that had wandered into his backyard from nearby Read more…
The parents of a mountain biker who was killed by a cougar last year in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park will drop a wrongful-death lawsuit against Orange County because of numerous protests from cyclists. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2005. By RACHANA RATHI, Times Staff Writer Read more…
Dead cougars were found in Simi Hills Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, February 10, 2005. By Daniel Wolowicz, Special to The Acorn Within the past three months, two mountain lions were found dead in the Simi Hills. The two carnivores—a female known as P4 and a male Read more…