An adventurous young mountain lion that escaped the recent Coastal wildfire and has successfully crossed through cities and the 91 Freeway has lived a “charmed life” so far, but researchers trackin…
An adventurous young mountain lion that escaped the recent Coastal fire and has successfully crossed through cities and the 91 Freeway has lived a “charmed life” so far, but researchers tracking him worry his future holds many dangers giving him only a 50% to 60% survival rate.
M317 is seen here on the sidewalk in the 600 block of South Coast Highway on May 8. He showed no threat to public safety. Known as M317, the cat is doing what young males do: Establishing a territory of his own. While he faces danger when getting into more urban areas, he also faces threats from older and larger male lions.
“They can certainly kill him,” Vickers said of the bigger cats. “The younger lion might be able to get away, but if the larger male wants to kill him, he can.”M317 got his ID in March after he was found running around Irvine. He startled clients at a hair salon before running through a nearby door propped open for ventilation in a business park. That’s where Irvine Animal Control, with help from Dr.
Weldy took the cat back to his office for observation and to do a physical exam. While there, Weldy asked Vickers if he wanted a blood sample and if he had an interest in collaring him. A few days later, M317 was taken high into the Santa Ana Mountains, wearing the tracker now telling researchers about his movements.
In some cases, the chaos of firefighting and equipment moving around has scared a mountain lion into turning back toward scorched earth, Vickers said, causing them toM317’s collar, which typically emits a signal every four hours depending on its ability to connect with the satellite, shows he had headed west and looked around the Buck Gulley Reserve in Corona Del Mar, which abuts to homes. He headed east again when he got as far as he could go there.
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