See four cute mountain lion kittens discovered near Los Angeles

The National Park Service announced Tuesday afternoon that two male lions and two female lions were discovered in a remote location of the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles.

Four-legged cats that are described as being found with blue eyes look healthy, but I believe that researchers are likely to be products of inbreeding.

Mr. Jeff Shikit, a biologist at Santa Monica National Recreation Area, says:

"101 Highway is a major obstacle to sports, mountain lion limits its ability to enter and exit this area, unfortunately lacking breeding options."

This is their mother's fourth nest P-19. She is believed to mate with a 3-year old man P-56 and her grandchild (P-19 mother of P-56, P-23). P-56 itself is also a product of inbreeding. Because his mother mates with her own father (and grandfather) P - 12. Genetic testing is necessary to confirm the parent-child relationship of P-56, but two mountain lions spend the same time 90 days before the kittens are born.

Biologists at the National Park Service collect tissue samples, conduct general health examinations, and tag kitten with ear tags.

NPS researchers have studied P-19. P-19 is 4 years old, now 8 years old. We provide valuable long-term data on the mountain lion survival issue in this area. Of the seven kittens known for her former three nests, four died (P - 23, P - 32, P - 33, P - 34), two of them equipped with a GPS collar There was nothing (P - 24 and P - 46), it was confirmed that only one person was alive (P - 47)

NPS also found that the genetic diversity of the Mountain Lion in the Santa Monica Mountains is lower than that of goats elsewhere in the west and may ultimately lead to extinction of the area Said.

The California Department of Transportation is one of the organizations planning to build wildlife at 101 freeways in the Free Canyon region to alleviate this problem.

In March of this year, on the hill of Los Angeles, the Mountain Lion in the same park as the Hollywood sign, ate a snack with a small koala near the Los Angeles Zoo. The surveillance camera captured the lion, the radio collar and marked P-22 and infiltrated the zoo one evening before the koala disappeared. In the following few days, people in Los Angeles questioned whether Mountain Lion is safe even if it is near people. There is no discussion about killing, but they are confused about their safety and P-22.

The last big hope for the Los Angeles Mountain Lion is a quarter mile undeveloped small area between the two residential developments on the south side of Highway 101, in the Freedom Canyon of Agoura Mountain. Here, in addition to the suspected highway underpass of Sikich used by P - 45, California is planning to build a crossover on the highway to connect the Santa Monica mountain range to the opposite side. In addition to the Santa Susanna Mountains and the Los Angeles National Forest, which is a wilderness of 3,000 square miles, Sikic calls it a "promised land". The cost of this project is about 50 million dollars, currently undergoing environmental audits, and we plan to procure funds personally. Beth Pratt-Bergstrom of the National Wildlife Federation leading the fund-raising activities said she would cross the bridge in 2021. There is no doubt that the indentation of cardboard of P - 22 is bound to her back.

Explanation: Do you know that a group of foxes are thriving on Silicon Valley's Facebook campus? Or does the Mountain Lion live in the center of Los Angeles? Or is Google's campus one of the biggest hiding place in the Bay Area? Beth Pratt Bergstrom, director of the National Wildlife Federation of California, and "When Mountain Lions are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working in California" tells an amazing story about "wild miracle" and its way I will. The most unlikely places - people are good neighbor of Golden State wildlife. She also discussed how these stories explain an important new conservation model, including the coexistence with wildlife and the need to broaden our horizons, and our shared space is our tradition It is just as important as protected land. . "I am doing the best work in the world," she said. Come to check her P-22 tattoo!