1st Mountain Lion In California Released Back To Wild Dies

MONROVIA, Calif. (AP) — The archetypal upland lion to beryllium rehabilitated and returned to the chaotic successful California has been recovered dead, the authorities Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday.

The pistillate cougar nicknamed Monrovia had been treated and released backmost into the chaotic successful October 2020 aft being burned successful a Southern California wildfire, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday.

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The carnal was recovered with burns to each 4 paw pads past September aft the Bobcat Fire tore done the San Gabriel mountains northeast of Los Angeles.

Data from a tracking collar indicated the upland lion died astir Aug. 15 successful the mountains supra the metropolis of Monrovia, its namesake, officials said.

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“Although a tract necropsy was yet incapable to find the origin of her death, the information we received from her collar shows that she successfully lived wrong the urban-wildland interface for astir a twelvemonth without ever being progressive successful human-mountain lion contact. This further illustrates that upland lions tin and bash unrecorded among the communities successful San Gabriel foothills,” the section said successful a connection connected Facebook.

During the 10 months aft its release, the upland lion claimed a territory of astir 70 quadrate miles (181 quadrate kilometers), successfully hunted cervid and appeared to beryllium steadfast successful photos from way cameras, the connection said.

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At the clip of its rescue, biologists estimated the upland lion to beryllium astir 6 oregon 7 years old. In the wild, a lion tin unrecorded up to 10 years.