P-22, the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park for more than a decade, was buried Saturday in an intimate tribal ceremony in the Santa Monica Mountains.
for more than a decade, was buried Saturday in an intimate tribal ceremony in the Santa Monica Mountains., a symbol of the wilderness still present in Southern California. A small group of officials from organizations that had studied and championed P-22, including the National Park Service and the National Wildlife Federation, also attended.
During the ceremony, tribal members performed traditional songs and made offerings, Salazar said. Attendees also formed a circle, and anyone “who wanted to offer a prayer, or just say a few words, express their feelings, everyone was allowed to do that — Native, non-Native.” Before P-22’s death, the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum secured a permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to keep the mountain lion’s remains for scientific research. That alone was a departure from tradition; typically, the bodies of wild animals are discarded.
After meeting for weeks, the groups settled on a private burial. On Saturday morning, tribal pallbearers picked up P-22’s body from the Natural History Museum, said Amy Gusick, the museum’s curator of anthropology.
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