Famous Mountain Lion Killed On Los Angeles Freeway

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Puma 32, or P-32 as more commonly known, was killed on the I-5 freeway near Los Angeles on Monday after being hit by a passing car. The young mountain lion was the only male known to have ventured north of the Santa Monica Mountains.

He was a roamer and a rover with boyish-good looks. 

Puma 32, or P-32 as more commonly known, was killed on the I-5 freeway near Los Angeles on Monday after being hit by a passing car. 

The young mountain lion was the only male known to have ventured north of the Santa Monica Mountains. In fact, P-32's nearly 150 mile trek was considered “a textbook case of successful dispersal.” 

Such dispersal is necessary to repopulate California's dwi