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, ...
by Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2023
3 minutes
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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