P-22 Death – Celebrity Mountain Lion Dies Aged 12 After Car Strike
A mountain lion named P-22, who attained celebrity status after taking up residence in Los Angeles’s Griffith Park, recently had to be euthanized after sustaining injuries consistent with being hit by a car.
Mountain Lions
The mountain lion is a wild cat native to the Americas. The species goes by several other names, including puma and cougar, and is the second-largest member of the cat family found in North America (the largest is the Jaguar, which is exceedingly rare north of Mexico).
- You can find out more about mountain lions on this page: Mountain Lion Facts
Arrival at Griffith Park
Mountain lions are usually found in unpopulated areas far from human habitation. P-22’s arrival at Griffith Park in 2012 therefore caused much excitement among Californian wildlife lovers, and led to the cat achieving celebrity status, …