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Dec 2022
1h 22m

P-22: The Life & Death of an L.A. Cougar...

ALIE WARD
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Very special episode for a very special cat. The day after the legendary Los Angeles mountain lion P-22 took his last breath, we talked with Natural History Museum wildlife biologist Miguel Ordeñana about his decade-long study of P-22 after discovering him in Griffith Park. Beth Pratt of #SaveLACougars and the National Wildlife Federation also shares how P-2 ... Show More
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