P-89 was 2 years old and had just separated from his mother. He's the fourth mountain lion in the National Park Service's study to die from being struck by a car this year.
Increasing road mortality of mountain lions native to the Santa Monica Mountains is why anis being built across the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. The crossing, slated for completion in 2025, will be the largest of its kind in the world at 210 feet over 10 lanes of busy highway.
"Unless we address this serious problem of habitat fragmentation by building more wildlife crossings, we will continue to read heartbreaking headlines of mountain lion fatalities," Tiffany Yap, a senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement."The death of a young puma who just dispersed from his mother should encourage California leaders to act.
The Center for Biological Diversity is sponsoring a state bill, the Safe Roads and Wildlife Protection Act, which is intended to help improve wildlife connectivity on California's roads and stave off the extinction of local species that are hemmed in by freeways and other human development.Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue
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