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Stunning photos of L.A.’s celebrity mountain lion P-22

The mountain lion P-22, who lived in the heart of Los Angeles for more than a decade and became the face of an international campaign to save California’s threatened puma population, was “compassionately euthanized” Saturday morning, according to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife’s director, because of the serious injuries he suffered earlier this week.

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A woman carrying a cardboard cutout of P-22 while walking outdoors.
Shellie Collier, lead volunteer for the National Wildlife Federation, makes her way with a cardboard cutout of P-22 while walking near the location of the future Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills in April.
(Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)
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A man wears a face mask that looks like a big cat's nose and mouth while other people stand nearby outdoors.
Francis Appiah, left, an environmental biologist with the California Department of Transportation, wears a face mask in the likeness of a mountain lion known as P-22 while attending the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing groundbreaking ceremony in Agoura Hills. Spanning over 10 lanes of the 101 Freeway when complete, the crossing will be the largest in the world, the first of its kind in California and a global model for urban wildlife conservation.
(Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)
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