BREAKING: P-22, the mountain lion that became a celebrity symbol of Los Angeles, was euthanized on Saturday.
Such behavior isn’t normal for mountain lions, according to the Fish and Wildlife department. The health assessmentshowed that the cougar was severely underweight and had signs of trauma on his face.
Pratt said on Saturday that vets released a"list of serious health issues they had uncovered from all their testing: stage two kidney failure, a weight of 90 pounds , head and eye trauma, a hernia causing abdominal organs to fill his chest cavity, an extensive case of demodex gatoi , heart disease, and more."
"The most severe injuries resulted from him being hit by a car last week," she added,"and I thought of how terrible it was that this cat, who had managed to evade cars for a decade, in his weakened and desperate condition could not avoid the vehicle strike that sealed his fate." The wild cat had a thin fur coat and an injury on his right eye, according to the department, which may have been caused by a driver hitting him. Road incidents and rat poison are the
for pumas in the Santa Monica Mountains, where P-22 was born. Before euthanizing him, it was unlikely that he would have been released back into the wild.that extraordinary steps were being taken to care for P-22 even though he hurt humans. The mountain lion was celebrated in L.A. as a worldwide face for wildlife protection efforts.Support for LAist comes from
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