The mountain lion who has attracted media attention for his forays from his habitat in urban Griffith Park in Los Angeles is soon to be captured. National Wildlife Federation, California Regional E…
, the celebrity lion, has recently changed his behavior and will be captured and examined. A determination will then be made as to next steps.
“P-22 has always been in an unprecedented situation,” said a statement from Pratt. “Never has a mountain lion lived in such an urban setting in one of the world’s most populated cities. He is also a remarkably old mountain lion, living well past the normal life expectancy of his kind, and may now be exhibiting signs of distress.
“The people involved in his capture and evaluation are some of the top wildlife biologists in the world who have studied P-22 and other mountain lions for decades. We trust them to make a good decision,” Pratt said.P-22 has lived for more than a decade in Griffith Park, which is the largest urban park in the US. That has both helped and hindered him.
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