{"id":4086,"date":"2022-12-14T15:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T23:57:41","slug":"four-mountain-lion-kittens-are-new-residents-of-the-santa-monica-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/2022\/12\/14\/four-mountain-lion-kittens-are-new-residents-of-the-santa-monica-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Four mountain lion kittens are new residents of the Santa Monica Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four female kittens were found and will be part of the National Park Service\u2019s 20-year-study on mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

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An image from August shows P-112, estimated at a little over a month old, in a rocky area of the western Santa Monica Mountains.<\/p><\/div>\n

Four new mountain lion kittens are prowling in a rocky area of the western Santa Monica Mountains, the National Park Service announced.<\/p>\n

The new litter, all female, is believed to have been born in late July.<\/p>\n

Known to researchers as P-109, P-110, P-111 and P-112, the new kittens were tagged and will be part of an ongoing 20-year-old study into how the big cats\u2019 lives intertwine with the urban environment.<\/p>\n

According to the National Park Service, the four cats each weighed about 4 pounds and appeared to be healthy.<\/p>\n

To tag the four mountain lions on Aug. 24, a biologist used radio signals to track the mother and make sure she had left the den area. Colleagues then took the kittens a short distance away and did a workup \u2014 which involves a physical exam, where body measurements are recorded, and attaching an ear tag \u2014 before the mother returned.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiologists remain in constant radio contact with each other,\u201d the National Park Service said in a statement. \u201cHence, there is little chance that they will encounter the mountain lion mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers also added two more adult mountain lions to the study, a pair captured in the Santa Susana Mountains. The cats, P-105 and P-106, are believed to be about 4 and 6 years old, respectively.<\/p>\n

The most well-known of the local mountain lions, P-22, was captured Monday by the National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after officials said he had recently been \u201cexhibiting some signs of distress,\u201d including killing a leashed Chihuahua and attacking another dog.<\/p>\n

The big cat was found in the backyard of a home in Los Feliz.<\/p>\n

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