Video posted on social media showed the hobbled lion suffering from an apparently broken front leg on the side of the road.
LOS ANGELES — A mountain lion was fatally struck by a vehicle along Pacific Coast Highway west of Malibu.
“CDFW was immediately in touch with a local veterinarian to prepare for assessment and possible treatment, but video provided to the department by law enforcement indicated the lion had traumatic injuries,” according to Tim Daly of the CDFW.showed the hobbled lion suffering from an apparently broken front leg on the side of the road. The lion tried repeatedly to climb up the hillside next to the road, but was unable to move to do so on a broken leg.
Daly said the lion was not wearing a radio collar, and thus was not one of the dozens of lions being tracked by National Park Service researchers in the Santa Monica Mountains.The previous month, famed lion P-22 —for successfully crossing two freeways to take up residence in Griffith Park — was euthanized after being captured due to concerns about his health. Officials said P-22 appeared to have been struck by a vehicle shortly before his capture.
Since March 2022, officials said, nine mountain lions have died by vehicle strikes, six of them radio-collared.
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