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http://jezebel.com/mountain-lion-currently-at-large-after-breaking-into-th-1764251340

 

L.A.'s infamous mountain lion ate a koala!

 

A mountain lion is currently the prime suspect in the death of a koala at the Los Angeles Zoo.

The 14-year-old koala named Killarney (the oldest koala at the park) was reported missing on March 3. Its remains were found some 400 yards from its residence at the zoo.

While the alleged murder wasn’t caught on camera, the lion was seen in the vicinity, making it the likely culprit in the koala’s death. It’s still unclear how the lion entered the park, according to officials.

 

L.A. Times reports (in a very lengthy piece on the killing):

Something must have been able to carry it that far, park employees figured. So they examined the park’s “trap cameras” — surveillance devices with motion sensors — in an effort to spot the culprit. Though the attack wasn’t recorded, they did find still photos of the likely perpetrator: P-22, Griffith Park’s famous mountain lion.

This same lion may also have mauled a raccoon in the days after allegedly killing the koala.



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That's a bummer.cry



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Oh how sad. Poor Killareny.

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Catch the lion! Sheesh. It's not rocket science.

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I don't think the poor Lion should be punished for being a Lion.

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Did I say kill it? I said capture it. Relocate it. Add it to the zoo.

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FNW wrote:

Did I say kill it? I said capture it. Relocate it. Add it to the zoo.

Putting it in the Zoo is punishing it.  I say they need better enclosures at the zoo.



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Bonny22Pye wrote:
FNW wrote:

Did I say kill it? I said capture it. Relocate it. Add it to the zoo.

Putting it in the Zoo is punishing it.  I say they need better enclosures at the zoo.

 Well, you really don't want a mountain lion wandering around public places.  Something needs to be done about him.  And they try to keep the enclosures open and natural for a reason, so that it isn't animal prison.  

The guy is obviously hungry, at least he'll get fed regularly in the zoo.



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I don't recall the L.A. Zoo as being particularly restrictive where the animals would feel contained. And like LL said, he'd be fed.

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