P-22, the famous Griffith Park mountain lion, was euthanized Saturday morning after wildlife experts determined the animal was suffering from serious health issues.in the backyard of a Los Feliz home and taken to a wild animal care facility for a full health evaluation in the wake of several recent attacks on pet dogs, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. He was severely underweight and injured.
The agency said at the time the cougar may have been exhibiting signs of distress and would not be released back into Griffith Park. The park’s conservation effort had been documenting wildlife crossing via one of the overpass bridges of the Hollywood Freeway in Cahuenga Pass. Wildlife biologist Miguel Ordeñana, flipping through hundreds of motion-triggered photos, was awestruck when he came across images of the then 3-year-old mountain lion on a rugged ridgeline just above Ford Theatre.
In the years that followed, he became a symbol for wildlife conservation efforts and the NPS’s mountain lion-tracking effort, with books, television series andArtist Corie Mattie, ‘LA Hope Dealer’ works on the “Peace, Love and P-22,” mural as part of the #SaveLACougars campaign. Mattie, who once spotted P-22 in her own yard, has a tattoo of P-22 on her leg, and was painting her 17-by-20-foot mural of P-22 on Monday at Hype Silver Lake on Monday, October 3, 2022.
He ate people's dog, maybe a zoo animal... risked car crashes and could have easily taken down smaller humans... rolling my eyes at this. Ridiculous to allow a predatory lion in our midst. Ridiculous.
Why?