TheWoolsey Fireburned through southerly California for nearly three weeks , torch nearly 100,000 Accho and destroy 1,500 structures in its path . It ’s in conclusion containedsince last hebdomad , but official are just begin to review the legal injury . Part of that includes cataloging the area ’s wildlife . Unfortunately , one beloved young mountain social lion , P-74 , is believe idle after the blast tore through the Santa Monica Mountains .
The National Park Servicemade an announcementthat P-74 “ belike did not survive ” the flaming on Monday . The Robert William Service has n’t heard a auditory sensation from his GPS arrest since November 9,the tragical day seemingly all of California was on fire . Biologistssearched on footfor him , too , but they found no sign . He ’s the only one of nine collared mountain lions in the region that officials have n’t been capable to line up , reports the Los Angeles Daily News .
The one - and - a - one-half year older was still likely dependent on his mother , as he was understand with her as recently as October , but there ’s no way the service can know for certain because she does n’t have a GPS neckband .
This is sad newsworthiness as Los Angeles is one of only two metropolitans in the world that have cougar within urban center limits , per the NPS . More than 50 mountain lions have been traverse in this region with 10 to 15 presently living there , but the population ’s survival is at peril due to habitat fragmentation and deficiency of genetic diversity . Wildfires are n’t usually a threat to this intelligent felid , per the Daily News . The problem now will be how much habitat these wight have lost to the Woolsey Fire — and all others that are to come in our thawing world .
P-74 is one of the most recent accession to the Park Service’sroster of mountain Leo community . He was find out in September . fortunately , there are more sister hiding in the mountains : four kittens were tolerate in July . They ’re still presumed awake , and a group of bobcat made it too .
Sadly , the same ca n’t be said for this small lion . RIP , P-74 .
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