Mountain lion P-54 was pregnant with 4 kittens when she was struck and killed by a car in Calabasas this summer, biologists reveal
A tracked mountain lion that was struck and killed by a car in Calabasas this summer was pregnant with four kittens, wildlife officials disclosed this week.
"Unfortunately, we've learned that mountain lions are susceptible to rat poisons even before they are born," said Jeff Sikich, a biologist on the mountain lion project at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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