Last Updated Saturday, December 17, 2022 6:29PM ESTthat took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and became a symbol of urban pressures on wildlife, was euthanized Saturday after dangerous changes in his behavior led to examinations that revealed worsening health and injuries likely caused by a car.
The animal became the face of the campaign to build a wildlife crossing over a Los Angeles-area freeway to give mountains, bobcats, coyotes, deer and other animals a safe path between the nearby Santa Monica Mountains and wildlands to the north. State authorities determined that the only likely options were euthanasia or confinement in an animal sanctuary - a difficult prospect for a wildHis name was his number in a National Park Service study of the challenges the wide-roaming big cats face in habitat fragmented by urban sprawl and hemmed in by massive freeways that are not only dangerous to cross but are also barriers to the local population's genetic diversity.
“P-22's survival on an island of wilderness in the heart of Los Angeles captivated people around the world and revitalized efforts to protect our diverse native species and ecosystems,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement Saturday. In 2017, the cougar became the star of a permanent exhibit at the Natural History Museum called “The Story of P-22, LA's Most Famous Feline” that documents the's life and times in Southern California. The exhibit will be upgraded next year to pay tribute to the animal's legacy, officials said Saturday.
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P-22? They couldn't give it a nicer name?
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ln Canada , we want to do this to all people over the age of 65 .
Poor guy was suffering. 💔
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