On a sunny Saturday in Los Angeles, a packed outdoor crowd of 6,000 people at the Greek Theater cried, sang and swayed together as they bid adieu to one of the city’s most treasured residents: a mountain lion known as P-22. Click here to read more.
Author: Sammy (Sammy )
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The Wall Street Journal | Los Angeles Gives Star Treatment to P-22, the ‘Brad Pitt’ of Mountain Lions
LOS ANGELES—This valley is filled with celebrities, both gorgeous and aloof. The December death of one famous resident, who was a little bit of both, has provoked an unusually unrelenting outpouring of admiration. Click Here To Read More
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Los Angeles Times | Memorial for mountain lion P-22, ‘the king of Griffith Park,’ draws thousands
Thousands of people flocked to the Greek Theatre on Saturday to celebrate the life and legacy of P-22, the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park for more than a decade. Click Here To Read More
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Reuters | Famed California mountain lion celebrated at Los Angeles event
Feb 4 (Reuters) – A famed California mountain lion was celebrated at a sold-out event at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, with thousands of fans honoring the big cat’s life and contribution to urban wildlife. Click Here To Read More
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Talking to Youth about the Death of P22
Children may ask what happens to the animal after it dies, and for this, it’s all right to share your beliefs. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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The mountain lion that changed LA
A eulogy to P-22 with hope that his legacy will ensure more wildlife crossings. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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A Eulogy for P-22, A Mountain Lion Who Changed the World
I write this eulogy while looking across one of the ten-lane freeways P-22 somehow miraculously crossed in 2012, gazing at a view of his new home, Griffith Park. Burbank Peak and the other hills that mark the terminus of the Santa Monica Mountains emerge from this urban island like sentinels making a last stand against...
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What the Death of P-22 Means for Los Angeles, And How His Life Can Teach Us To Better Care For Our Big Cats
Today on AirTalk, we’ll remember P-22 with Beth Pratt, regional executive director with the National Wildlife Federation, and Seth Riley, wildlife branch chief for the National Park Service at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL STORY
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LA Times | P-22, L.A. celebrity mountain lion, euthanized due to severe injuries
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 because of several long-term health concerns and injuries that likely stemmed from being hit by a car, officials said. CLICK...