Hoping to fend off the extinction of mountain lions and other species that require room to roam, Calif. will build a mostly privately funded wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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Associated Press | California to Build Largest Wildlife Crossing in the World
Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city. Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking...
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NBC Los Angeles | Crossing on 101 Freeway to Give Wildlife Room to Roam
The span along U.S. 101 will only be the second animal overpass in a state where tunnels are more common. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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LA Times | California’s mighty predator — the mountain lion — faces ‘extinction vortex’
As the mountain lions of Southern California approach what some experts call an “extinction vortex,” environmentalists are demanding that state officials grant the big cats protective status — a move that could potentially ban development on thousands of acres of prime real estate. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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LA Times | As Southern California cougars near ‘extinction vortex,’ a radical rescue plan emerges
The future is looking increasingly bleak for some Southern California mountain lions. Urban encroachment, inbreeding, vehicle strikes, rat poison and wildfire have all taken their toll on cougars living in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains. Now, research published Wednesday suggests there’s an almost one-in-four chance the charismatic cats could become extinct in those...
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Los Angeles Magazine | In the Wake of the Wildfires, Mountain Lions Have Found Themselves in a Transformed World
Somehow P-64 figured it out. Unlike his fellow mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, the four-year-old cat—a young adult by mountain lion standards—learned how to safely get from one side of the 101 to the other. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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NBC Los Angeles | Retracing the Steps of a Mountain Lion
Beth Pratt is working with government officials, industry, and the local community to fundraise for a bridge that might save LA’s mountain lions from the grim future predicted for them: extinction within 50 years. Aliya Jasmine accompanies Pratt on a 5 day 50 mile hike to retrace the steps of P-22. CLICK HERE TO READ...
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KCET | A Tale of Two Lions: P-41 & P-22 Underscore Challenges
By now you’re no doubt familiar with the life story of P-22, the Hollywood mountain lion who’s made a home for himself in Griffith Park. After being born somewhere in the Santa Monica Mountains, the young prince – his father was P-1, the first king of the Santa Monicas – spent his earliest years learning...
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REMOVED | 4 mountain lion kittens found in California
Four new mountain lion kittens have been found by researchers studying the wild cats living in Southern California’s Santa Monica Mountains, wildlife officials announced in video posts Tuesday showing the blue-eyed babies meowing and one feisty one hissing and even taking a swipe at the person filming her. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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SGV Tribune | Naturalist finds lions in LA city parks
As a kid, Beth Pratt-Bergstrom watched nature shows like “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” and tasted the salt spray off Cape Cod with her father at the helm of their skiff. So when she came to California to fulfill her dream as a naturalist, she went straight to Yosemite National Park to see bears. And to the...