Mountain lion wanders into Los Angeles office building (really)

That is a bummer. (I do not blame authorities for shooting it, no one is at fault, it is just an unfortunate situation). There are only a handful of pumas in the Santa Monica mountains, making the loss even more tragic.

I would love to see a wild puma, but in the wild and not in an office building.
 
It figures someone from IDA would blame authorities. (That is the same group that is trying to get elephants out of every American zoo). Did he honestly expect them to let a mountain lion wander down a busy city street? Plus the fact that this cat was not afraid to enter that developed of an area proves two things.

1) He (it was now determined to be an adult male) was a danger to humans, if he is not afraid to enter heavily developed human areas.

2) He was probably ousted from the mountains by a stronger resident male and would have had nowhere to go. Here is an interesting fact. In habitats where hunting is not a factor, the number one cause of death for male mountain lions is male mountain lions.
 
it plainly says in the articles that the police etc tried other methods first (tranquiliser darts, fire-hose etc) to capture the cat before shooting it; Arizona Docent is quite correct, while killing it isn't particularly pleasant it was the best solution to the situation.

I have a question though, what are the relative odds of the cat being a released/escaped captive one versus a wandering wild one?
 
Chlidonias said:
it plainly says in the articles that the police etc tried other methods first (tranquiliser darts, fire-hose etc) to capture the cat before shooting it; Arizona Docent is quite correct, while killing it isn't particularly pleasant it was the best solution to the situation.

I have a question though, what are the relative odds of the cat being a released/escaped captive one versus a wandering wild one?
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I was curious about this too. I really do think it is a wild one as there is a known wild population of mountain lions that is connected to Santa Monica via the Santa Monica Mountains.
 
There is a very small (as in I think five or less) population of mountain lions in the Santa Monica mountains. However, the fact that it entered such a heavily developed city does make one wonder if it was an escaped captive? I wonder if they can do DNA tests to determine this?
 
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