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Mountain Lion Makes Rare Appearance on Mulholland Highway

The mountain lion, known as Puma-23, dragged a deer off the road into the dense brush in the Santa Monica Mountains.

A female mountain lion made a rare appearance on Mulholland Highway in a remote part of the Santa Monica Mountains this week.

The mountain lion, identified by the National Park Service as Puma-23, recently left her mother.

The sight was captured by Irv Nilsen for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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The SMMNRA posted on its Facebook page:

A lion on top of a deer on Mulholland Hwy! This is P-23, a young female who has recently dispersed from mom. Of the 400+ kills our biologists have hiked in on, this is the only one they've seen right on a road, so it's quite a rare sight! She dragged the deer into the dense brush shortly after this photo was taken for a little more privacy.

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The National Park Service has been studying mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains since 2002.


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