On Monday, the National Park Service announced a significant loss to a small group of mountain lions in California’s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. P-56, an adult male cat, was killed by a local landowner under the state’s new depredation law. He was presumed to be the father of several other animals who are...
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has taken control of the statewide mountain lion depredation process and promised an “all-inclusive strategy” in response to a letter from the chairs of key environmental committees calling for a comprehensive solution to the Southern California mountain lion extinction crisis. “P-56’s tragic death is a...
Local Malibu couple Helmut and Patricia Meissner are putting up $50,000 in an effort to help build the planned wildlife crossing across the Ventura (101) Freeway near the Liberty Canyon exit in Agoura Hills. Their gift is in the form of a matching gifts challenge, where anyone making a donation of up to $50,000 to...
GRIFFITH PARK, Calif. (KABC) — The most famous furred resident of Los Angeles was celebrated during the annual “P-22 Day Festival.” The free event honored the famed mountain lion that roams Griffith Park. There was a photo booth featuring pictures of P-22, art activities for kids inspired by P-22 and information about wildlife conservation efforts....
GRIFFITH PARK–The fourth annual P-22 Day Festival, takes place tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Griffith Park, across from the Visitor’s Center on Crystal Springs Drive. The daylong festival, named for the park’s resident mountain lion, celebrates local wildlife and conservation efforts. This year’s celebration, “Once Upon a Time in Griffith Park,” will feature activities for...
Beth Pratt from the National Wildlife Federation joins us to talk about the upcoming P-22 Day Festival. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
P-22 Day Festival: Ever been at a party where the guest of honor was running late? Or maybe didn’t show at all? First things first: P-22, the much mooned-over mountain lion that many of us flat-out adore, will not be at his big bash. But those who love urban-dwelling critters, like the sizable cats that...
To recognize the importance of our resident cougars, the city of L.A. declared Oct. 22 to be P-22 Day. L.A.’s favorite mountain lion even has his own festival, which is part of Urban Wildlife Week. Check out a VR experience of wildlife crossings, meet local rangers, hear experts talk about coexisting with wildlife, view urban...
Mountain lions live alongside us throughout Southern California, but the reclusive big cats might as well be dream apparitions because they are rarely seen by most humans. Their existence is seriously threatened by such non-natural forces as rat poison and being hit by cars, but the annual P-22 Day Festival — named after the lonely...
In the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, life has become tough for the region’s native mountain lions, who are kept from roaming and mating in the Santa Monica Mountains by obstructions like freeways (not to mention they are also vulnerable to poisoning). P22, a lion who miraculously made his way to Griffith Park, where he...
