Lions of Los Angeles

A lion known as P-45 has killed scores of domestic animals—and attracted passionate fans.Courtesy National Park Service.

Scientists tracked these mountain lions in Los Angeles for seven years

In an area home to over 18 million people, natural spaces such as Griffith Park, the Santa Monica Mountains and the Verdugo Mountains are ...

Mountain lions in Los Angeles become night owls to avoid humans

One of the region's most famous mountain lions–P22–preferred to stay out of the spotlight. The “Hollywood Cat” managed to make it across two ...

Puma Profiles: P-22 (U.S. National Park Service)

P-22 was our most famous mountain lion and known as our "Hollywood Cat," where he was a resident of Griffith Park in the city of Los Angeles.

P-22 - Wikipedia

P-22 ( c. 2009/2010 – December 17, 2022) was a wild mountain lion who resided in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, on the eastern side of the Santa ...

Mountain Lions — Citizens for Los Angeles Wildlife

Encounters with mountain lions are rare, and no fatal attacks by mountain lions have ever been recorded in Los Angeles County. However, just as with any ...

If there's a new puma in Griffith Park, let's try not to kill him

In Los Angeles, the beloved mountain lion named P-22 had lived for a decade in Griffith Park. But he was an aberration. It was astonishing that ...

Lions in the Santa Monica Mountains - National Park Service

Since then, researchers have monitored more than 100 mountain lions in and around the Santa Monica Mountains north of Los Angeles. GPS radio- ...

Hollywood Hills mountain lion video has wildlife enthusiasts buzzing

Despite his fame, P-22 likely lived a lonely life roaming Griffith Park and the Hollywood Hills for about a decade. His death in 2022 left a ...

Mountain lions in LA coexist with outdoor recreationists ... - Phys.org

Mountain lions in the Los Angeles area deal with many challenges—busy roadways where they're often killed, wildfires, rodenticide exposure, low ...

California mountain lions are adapting to human schedules: Study

Mountain lions in the greater Los Angeles region are consciously shifting their activity to avoid interacting with human residents, a new study ...

New mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park - YouTube

The National Park Service is investigating a new mountain lion sighting in Los Angeles. Subscribe to FOX 11 on YouTube: ...

P22 Mountain Lion of Hollywood (@p22mountainlion) - Instagram

I like to hang out under the Hollywood sign. Likes: Deer, Los Feliz weekends. Dislikes: Traffic, coyotes, P-45. ... Read now!! ... Photo by P22 Mountain Lion of ...

Coyotes, Mountain Lions and Bears in Los Angeles County, California

Mostly, these animals live in hills in and around our communities. These include the the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Montebello and ...

'P-22's spirit': new mountain lion seen in LA over a year after ...

'P-22's spirit': new mountain lion seen in LA over a year after celebrity cougar's death ... It's been more than a year since the death of P-22, a ...

Hollywood's next big star is a mountain lion - BBC

Also known as pumas or cougars, the giant cats are native to California. But for one to make it into Los Angeles is quite rare. The area where ...

Los Angeles woman comes face-to-face with mountain lion - YouTube

A woman in Woodland Hills whose German Shepherds began running around a tree in her backyard Thursday found a mountain lion watching them ...

Mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park, more than 1 year after P-22's ...

For 10 years, the mountain lion known as P-22 was the first wild cat to call Los Angeles' Griffith Park home, becoming a celebrity with a ...

Why Los Angeles Fell in Love With the Mountain Lion Known as P-22

As tends to happen when a wild animal lives in unusually close proximity to humans, P-22 attained local fame. The cougar amassed an Instagram ...

'He changed us': the remarkable life of celebrity mountain lion P-22

But P-22 – the most famous mountain lion in Los Angeles, and quite possibly the world – was also just a cat, and the cat had gotten very old.