In the early morning hours of July 18, 2022, 2-year-old mountain lion P-89 ventured out on a nearly impossible journey: crossing the 10 lanes of the busy 101 freeway.
P-89 attempted this journey between the DeSoto Avenue and Winnetka Avenue exits in Woodland Hills, a suburban area near Los Angeles with homes and businesses bordering both sides of the freeway. A car hit and killed P-89 around 2 a.m. A month later, his brother P-90 was killed by a car on state Route 33, after successfully crossing the 101 and traveling from the Santa Monica Mountains to Los Padres National Forest. P-90 was the seventh mountain lion in the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding region known to be killed by a car in 2022.
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