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#PacificWatch:The unknown fate of mountain lion P-22; Heavy snowpack building in the north. @JCBliss

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 17 December 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#PacificWatch:The unknown fate of mountain lion P-22; Heavy snowpack building in the north. @JCBliss
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/fate-of-famed-mountain-lion-p-22-still-undetermined-after-capture-euthanasia-possible/

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Slack.com slash DHQ. This is CBS, I'm the world. I'm John Batch. So Jeff Bliss is Pacific

0:34.4

Watch. We go immediately to the saga of P22. Jeff, remind us P22 is that the mountain line

0:42.0

that had a festival and what's happened? Good evening to you.

0:44.8

Good evening, John. You're exactly right. P22 is the legendary Los Angeles area mountain

0:50.7

line photographed by a national geographic host of other people. It had a tracking collar

0:56.3

on it. Yothan made his way through the Hollywood Hills there in various parts of LA. He recently

1:04.0

had been accused of attacking a number of animals in the area, including taking a chihuahua

1:10.2

right off the leash of the guy that was walking the dog. They decided it was time to tranquilize

1:18.8

and take a look at the big cat. They did find it as having some problems in distress.

1:25.1

So now the decision is trying to be, they're trying to make a decision to find out, do

1:29.6

we place this cat in a sanctuary? Can it be healthy there? Or do we need to euthanize

1:35.4

it because it's a danger to itself or other animals? So that's a process that they're

1:40.0

dealing with right now. But it's fair to say that a lot of people feel very sad right

1:44.4

now that P22 is not walking along the Hollywood Hills.

1:47.7

Now P22 is a mountain line. You have lots of mountain lions and they come from the hills

1:53.9

behind the settlements. And are they being driven down by drought? Is there a driver?

1:59.8

Or is this always been happening? There's always been these occasions where they come down

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