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P-22's story began a decade ago, when the lone male mountain lion — then a juvenile — set out from his home range in the Santa Monica mountains, crossed the 405 and 101 freeways unscathed, and ...
Canada, British Columbia, near Tofino — Stalked and killed by a four-year-old male cougar at Catface Mountain. [27] [28] 9 September 1989 Jake Thomas Gardipee, 5, Male: USA, Montana, Missoula County, near Evaro — Attacked and killed by a cougar while playing behind his home. The cougar was later killed, and a necropsy was performed at the ...
P-22 was born circa 2010 in the western part of the Santa Monica Mountains. [1] Genetic testing showed that his father was P-1. [13] P-1 was known as "king of the mountains," having a very large territory. [14]
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), sometimes called the mountain lion, catamount, puma, or panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
Officials later euthanized the mountain lion after determining it was a threat to public safety. The cats can weigh up to 150 pounds and be up to eight feet long.
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.
A 5-year-old boy was attacked by a mountain lion and required hospital treatment over the Labor Day weekend at a California ... The boy suffered “significant but non-life-threatening injuries
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).