Coverage of mountain lions, including P-22, in California
P-22’s memorial at Griffith Park’s Greek Theatre will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 4. All tickets are claimed, but event will be livestreamed.
Jan. 9, 2023
The Natural History Museum said it does not plan to put P-22’s remains on display. Native American leaders want a ceremonial burial in Griffith Park.
Dec. 23, 2022
Los Angeles is tackling how to memorialize its beloved resident mountain lion, P-22, after the cougar was euthanized last week.
Dec. 22, 2022
Following the euthanization of Griffith Park’s P-22, Angelenos should promote the city’s Wildlife District Ordinance, fewer cars and an end to rodenticide.
Dec. 22, 2022
Tongva artists pay tribute to P-22, the celebrity mountain lion that was euthanized Saturday, with a song and a poem.
Dec. 20, 2022
Our readers mourn P-22 and reflect on the famous mountain lion’s impact and what we can do now for his threatened species.
Dec. 19, 2022
Celebrity is far too shallow a gloss on P-22. What made this mountain lion essential was not that he was famous, but that he persevered.
Dec. 19, 2022
P-22, who has been euthanized due to severe injuries, was thought to be about 12 years old.
Dec. 17, 2022
State officials ultimately decided to euthanize P-22 at 9 a.m. Saturday morning due to serious health issues.
Dec. 17, 2022
The mountain lion P-22, who lived in the heart of Los Angeles for more than a decade and became the face of an international campaign to save Southern California’s threatened pumas, was euthanized Saturday.
Dec. 17, 2022
In the decade since he was collared as a young lion, P-22 has become emblematic of all that is wild and wonderful in Los Angeles.
Dec. 13, 2022
Considering P-22’s age, a return to the wild is likely not possible for the celebrity mountain lion, officials say.
Dec. 13, 2022
Four female kittens were found and will be part of the National Park Service’s 20-year-study on mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Dec. 12, 2022
The big cat had been sought for evaluation by the National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after “exhibiting some signs of distress.”
Dec. 12, 2022
After two recent attacks on dogs, officials want to capture and evaluate P-22. But cougars have evolved to be stealthy, and P-22’s collar is not set up to provide real-time location.
Dec. 10, 2022
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s announcement comes after the mountain lion killed a dog last month and attacked another last week.
Dec. 8, 2022
A Chihuahua killed in the Hollywood Hills was the victim of L.A.’s famous big cat, P-22, authorities said.
Nov. 21, 2022
An evening turned into tragedy for a blue merle-Chihuahua, as she strolled behind her dog walker, only to be snatched and killed by a mountain lion.
Nov. 19, 2022
After attempts to dart or tranquilize the mountain lion proved difficult, wildlife officials captured the animal across the street from the Brentwood Country Club shortly after 4 p.m.
Oct. 27, 2022
The P-22 Day Festival, a Q&A with Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation and some cool stuff happening in the outdoor world.
Oct. 20, 2022
As mountain lions seek to avoid wildfire zones, their risks of being hit by automobiles or entering deadly conflicts with other pumas are increasing.
Oct. 20, 2022
The cougar has long lived in the Griffith Park area.
Oct. 9, 2022
A cougar emerged from brush in the park near Santa Clarita and bit the boy, who was walking with his father, officials say.
Sept. 27, 2022
The 5-year-old female puma was found extremely emaciated, and her case of mange, a highly contagious skin disease caused by mites, was severe, the National Park Service said.
Sept. 26, 2022
P-54 was pregnant when she was killed in June. It was the first time officials have been able to test cougar fetuses for rat poison.
Sept. 7, 2022
P-90’s death on Highway 33 comes just weeks after his brother, P-89, was struck and killed on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.
Aug. 26, 2022
A mountain lion believed to be the famed P-22 was spotted walking through the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Aug. 26, 2022
Four mountain lions have been killed this year trying to cross roads and highways near the Santa Monica Mountains. Let’s help them across the road with a new law.
Aug. 9, 2022
The state was essentially at war with cougars until the 1960s, when the bounties ended. As the big cats’ numbers declined, they came to enjoy more and more protections.
July 26, 2022
Scientists know him as P-22. He’s a mountain lion that lives in Los Angeles — and though his time’s almost up, he’s now essentially immortal.
July 15, 2022
The young mountain lion was the second killed in the Santa Monica Mountains in a month.
July 20, 2022
P-54 was struck around 9:30 a.m. in the Santa Monica Mountains. Her mother was killed in 2018, and one of her sons was killed just two months ago.
June 17, 2022
A high school in San Mateo County was evacuated on Wednesday after a mountain lion was found inside a classroom.
June 2, 2022
The male cougar was seen at 11:30 p.m. Sunday near Catalina and Calliope streets and later on the 600 block of South Coast Highway. Officials say the 113-pound cat was the same one caught at an Irvine office building in March.
May 10, 2022
When complete, the 200-foot-long, 165-foot-wide bridge over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills will be the largest of its kind in the world.
April 22, 2022
Angelenos can’t help but see themselves in P-22. He’s carved out a life in a crowded city. And though he’s still handsome for his advanced age, he’s terminally single.
April 21, 2022
Some initially feared that the victim was L.A.’s famed P-22. But the cougar was identified Thursday afternoon as P-97, an 18-month old male who had recently separated from his mother,
April 21, 2022
The celebrity mountain lion makes a return visit to Kevin Prince’s home in the Hollywood Hills. This time, he took the steps.
April 7, 2022
The lion known as P-104 was struck by a car early Wednesday. He’s the first known cougar to be killed in a crash on the coastal highway.
March 23, 2022
Los Angeles’ most famous mountain lion was spotted roaming the streets of Silver Lake this week.
March 10, 2022
The National Park Service confirmed the 120-pound mountain lion’s radio collar was in Silver Lake on Tuesday night.
March 9, 2022
Los Angeles residents spotted a mountain lion on the streets Tuesday night, sparking speculation it may be Griffith Park’s P-22.
March 8, 2022
Just hours after California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta warned Woodside officials against blocking a new state housing law by claiming the entire town was a habitat for mountain lions, the city abandoned its effort.
Feb. 7, 2022
The backyard foray was the latest dramatic gesture from P-22, who once hid out under a Los Feliz home and is suspected to have killed a koala at the city zoo.
Jan. 8, 2022
A female mountain lion caught in the western part of the Santa Monica Mountains has been outfitted with a GPS tracking collar and dubbed P-99.
Oct. 19, 2021
The male lion, dubbed P-78, was the 23rd victim of road mortality in the study area since 2002, according to the National Park Service.
March 31, 2021
The death of a Los Angeles Zoo koala — presumably at the hands of famed Griffith Park mountain lion P-22 — has sparked debate about whether the big cat should be roaming the park.
March 11, 2016
The hunter finds a track and sets his dogs on the scent.
May 29, 1990
A male mountain lion, believed to be the animal that attacked and gravely injured a 5-year-old girl in a wilderness park east of San Juan Capistrano, was shot to death Monday morning near the spot where it had carried off the child.
March 25, 1986