‘Incredibly difficult’: Why officials euthanized ailing mountain lion P-22

At times, P-22 seemed aware of the trail cameras that monitored his movements in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Since capturing P-22 earlier this week, wildlife officials struggled with the best path for the celebrity mountain lion who spent more than a decade roaming Griffith Park and the hillsides of Los Angeles. California P-22, L.A. celebrity mountain lion, euthanized due to severe injuries The mountain lion P-22, who lived in the heart of Los Angeles for more than a decade and became the face of an international campaign to save Southern California’s threatened pumas, was euthanized Saturday. A local animal control department had received a call reporting a vehicle collision with a mountain lion, and P-22’s radio collar placed him near the intersection where the crash was reported, wildlife officials said earlier this week. A pathologist from the San Diego Zoo and a mountain lion disease specialist doctor from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct a post-mortem examination, said senior wildlife veterinarian Deana Clifford.