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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A 4-year-old mountain lion who was struck and killed on the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass earlier this month was being chased by a second mountain lion, officials said Wednesday. P-61 was killed on the 405 Freeway between Bel Air Crest Road and the Sepulveda Boulevard underpass on the morning of Sept. 7. He was trying to cross the freeway from east to west. READ MORE: Restraining Order Issued Against Atlas Metal; Mountain Of Scrap Metal Towering Over Jordan High School Called A 'Public Nuisance' This uncollared mountain lion’s habitat appears to be east of the 405 Freeway. Video captured on the morning of Sept. 7, 2019, shows it chasing P-61, who died while trying to cross the freeway that same morning. (National Park Service) Grainy surveillance video released by the National Parks Service Wednesday shows P-61 being chased by another lion about 50 minutes prior to getting hit. At around 3:09 a.m. that morning, cameras captured him … [Read more...] about Mountain Lion P-61 Was Chased By Second Lion Just Before Being Killed On 405 Freeway

LOS ANGELES (CBLSLA) — A mountain lion was struck and killed on the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass early Saturday morning, according to the National Park Service. The mountain lion, known as P-61, was wearing a GPS collar that showed that the animal was hit between Bel Air Crest Road and the Sepulveda Blvd. underpass. READ MORE: Restraining Order Issued Against Atlas Metal; Mountain Of Scrap Metal Towering Over Jordan High School Called A 'Public Nuisance' (Courtesy National Parks Service) The California Highway Patrol was initially alerted and moved P-61 out of traffic before City of Los Angeles Animal Control officers retrieved his body and the radio-collar. READ MORE: Fellow Student Killed Kristin Smart During Attempted Rape At Cal Poly Dorm, Prosecutors Allege The National Park Service says the four-year-old cat had crossed the freeway there just a couple of months ago, the first GPS-collared lion to do so successfully in the NPS’ 17-years of … [Read more...] about Mountain Lion Struck And Killed On The 405 Freeway In The Sepulveda Pass

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – New research has found that issues including habitat loss, inbreeding and isolation could cause cougar populations in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains to go extinct within the next 50 years. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Ecological Applications, the probability of extinction is between 16 to 28 percent for mountain lions in those ranges. READ MORE: Restraining Order Issued Against Atlas Metal; Mountain Of Scrap Metal Towering Over Jordan High School Called A 'Public Nuisance' P-54 roams the Santa Monica Mountains. June 2018. (National Park Service) “Our model predicts that there is a moderate probability of extinction in these two populations over the next 50 years, even before we considered genetics,” the study’s lead author, University of Nebraska wildlife ecologist John Benson, told the Orange County Register. The researchers termed the problem an “extinction vortex.” In the Santa Monica Mountains, the 101 … [Read more...] about Santa Monica, Santa Ana Mountain Lions At Risk of Extinction

CASTAIC (CBSLA) — A mountain lion was struck and killed on the 5 freeway near Castaic Friday evening. California Highway Patrol reported the dead mountain lion on the southbound side of the freeway at Templin Highway. READ MORE: Restraining Order Issued Against Atlas Metal; Mountain Of Scrap Metal Towering Over Jordan High School Called A 'Public Nuisance' The news comes just days after a mountain lion, known as P-61 was struck and killed on the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass early Saturday morning. READ MORE: Fellow Student Killed Kristin Smart During Attempted Rape At Cal Poly Dorm, Prosecutors Allege P-61 was wearing a GPS collar that showed that the animal was hit between Bel Air Crest Road and the Sepulveda Blvd. underpass. MORE NEWS: Ex-Catholic Priest Charged With Sexually Assaulting 4 Boys In Palmdale, Redondo Beach Another young male mountain lion was hit by a car in the Sepulveda Pass in 2011, as well as another male in 2009. … [Read more...] about Mountain Lion Struck And Killed On 5 Freeway Near Castaic

SANTA MONICA (CBSLA) – Researchers are trying to determine whether a case of skin disease last month in a female mountain lion who lives in the Santa Monica Mountains is linked to rat poison. On Feb. 10, National Park Service (NPS) biologists recaptured P-53, a 3 ½ year old mountain lion who lives in the Santa Monica Mountains, and outfitted her with a new GPS collar. When she was captured, P-53 was suffering from mange, a parasitic disease which infects the hair and skin. READ MORE: Restraining Order Issued Against Atlas Metal; Mountain Of Scrap Metal Towering Over Jordan High School Called A 'Public Nuisance' P-53 had contracted the skin disease mange when she was captured by biologists on Feb. 10, 2019. (NPS) She was given flea treatments and released back into the wild, where she will continued to be monitored, the NPS said. Researchers are awaiting results from blood tests to determine if she was exposed to rat poison. According to NPS, mange is rare among … [Read more...] about Rat Poison Could Be Linked To Skin Disease In Santa Monica Mountain Lions