Using remote cameras, staff monitored the lion’s growth for both size and strength for four months prior to release. The first lion was sent to San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center and placed into a large, isolated enclosure with only minimal human contact. Drayer Wildlife Health Center California Mountain Lion Project captured the pair for possible rehabilitation. After confirming the siblings had been orphaned, CDFW with assistance from Serrano Animal and Bird Hospital veterinarians and the UC Davis Karen C. The lion and her sister were roughly six months old when they were first seen in February at the edges of Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Orange County. Young, Orphaned Mountain Lion Released Following RehabilitationĪ young mountain lion left orphaned after its mother was killed in traffic, has been released into the wild after months of care provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the San Diego Humane Society (Ramona Wildlife Center). This is the second mountain lion rehabilitated and released in the state of California. Drayer Wildlife Health Center California Mountain Lion Project captured the pair for possible rehabilitation.ĬDFW is carefully piloting the release and rehabilitation of mountain lions in California on a case-by-case basis. A young mountain lion left orphaned after its mother was killed in traffic, has been released into the wild after months of care provided by CDFW and the San Diego Humane Society (Ramona Wildlife Center).
The mountains lions have seen their shrinking habitat and their populations seriously threatened by urban development, restricting their movements.Ĭaltrans has proposed building a wildlife bridge across the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills that would allow animals to travel between the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills.We’re grateful to California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for their efforts to save mountain lions in the state.
The NPS has been tracking mountain lion activities in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area since 2002. Seven are in the Santa Monica Mountains, two are in the Simi Hills and one in Griffith Park. P-95 is one of 10 mountain lions being tracked by National Parks Service researchers. Researchers believe he is traveling with a sibling or is mother, the NPS said. P-95 weighs 90 pounds and is believed to be about 18-months-old. He was given a health check, fitted with a GPS radio-collar, and then released into the wild under the name P-95. 16 by researchers after he was heard nearby by another mountain lion, the National Parks Service tweeted Tuesday. P-95, a young mountain lion, discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains on Jan.