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Mountain lions in Southern California up for additional protections

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks permanent threatened status to protect six mountain lion populations facing habitat loss and high vehicle mortality.

Most people in Southern California have never seen a mountain lion in the wild. And never want to. Yet, these sleek, wild, predator cats roam the foothills and mountains from Ventura to San Diego, slipping in and out of millions of backyards and dozens of local canyons mostly unseen, except for those fuzzy images captured by trail cameras and home surveillance videos. But these powerful, top-of-the-food-chain animals have captured the hearts and…

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Pasadena Star News broke the news in on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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