Editorial: We can give mountain lion kittens an easier life than P-22 had
The three female mountain lion kittens born little more than a month ago in the Simi Hills were healthy and feisty when they were discovered tucked...
The three female mountain lion kittens born little more than a month ago in the Simi Hills were healthy and feisty when they were discovered tucked away in a den on May 18. The kittens hissed at National Park Service biologists, who captured them on video. The biologists found them near Simi Valley in a dense patch of poison oak — which doesn't affect mountain lions the way it does people — while their mother was away hunting, feeding or resting. The researchers checked their health, affixed a tiny ear tag to each kitten and bestowed upon them the numbered handles — P-113, P-114 and P-115 — that mark them as the newest entrants into the park service's 21-year study of pumas in and around the Santa Monica Mountains.