A feminine mountain lion rescued in final yr’s Bobcat Hearth died from mysterious causes, the California Division of Fish and Wildlife confirmed, “not far” from the place she was first rescued.
Her physique was discovered “on the backside of a deep canyon,” in response to the division, and she or he was believed to have died Aug. 15. A discipline necropsy couldn’t verify her explanation for loss of life.
The mountain lion was first present in September, simply weeks after the Bobcat Hearth started its wreckage. She was discovered by a house owner licking her severely burned paws in a yard in Monrovia, a suburb in Los Angeles County situated within the San Gabriel Valley.
The cat, a roughly 6 to 7 yr outdated feminine, was launched in October 2020 out into the wild with a satellite tv for pc monitoring collar and was in a position to reside out within the San Gabriel mountains for not less than 10 months, the state company stated in a Fb publish. She was the primary cat ever to be efficiently handled and rescued by the Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Within the two situations she was seen by way of path cameras, the Division of Fish and Wildlife reported, she gave the impression to be wholesome in each — together with in a single through which she was seen with a male cat.
The company additionally notes that she efficiently hunted deer after her launch.
However crucially, the mountain lion’s temporary — however profitable — post-recovery life is proof that mountain lions can inhabit human communities with none hazard to both.
“[The] knowledge we acquired from her collar reveals that she efficiently lived throughout the urban-wildland interface for almost a yr, with out ever being concerned in human-mountain lion battle,” the Division of Fish and Wildlife stated within the publish.
Mountain lions within the wild can reside as much as 10 years, the company stated.
