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Famed mountain lion P-22 laid to rest in private tribal ceremony

LOS ANGELES — P-22, the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park for more than a decade, was buried Saturday in an intimate tribal ceremony in the Santa Monica Mountains. Members of four local tribes led the ceremony to honor the beloved puma, a symbol of the wilderness still present in Southern California. A small group of officials from organizations that had studied and championed P-22, ...
Students with San Pascual STEAM Magnet Elementary School sing their original song, "P-22 We Love You," while playing ukuleles at the "celebration of life" for L.A.' s famous mountain lion, P-22 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — P-22, the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park for more than a decade, was buried Saturday in an intimate tribal ceremony in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Members of four local tribes led the ceremony to honor the beloved puma, a symbol of the wilderness still present in Southern California. A small group of officials from organizations that had studied and championed P-22, including the National Park Service and the National Wildlife Federation, also attended.

P-22 was buried where

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