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Los Angeles debates legacy of famed mountain lion

By Associated Press and Miguel Ordeñana

Feb. 4, 2023

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Post-It notes paying tribute to the famed mountain lion known as P-22 cover an exhibit wall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20. The popular puma gained fame as P-22 and shone a spotlight on the troubled population of California's endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity. But it's the big cat's death — and whether to return his remains to ancestral tribal lands where he spent his life — that could posthumously give his story new life.
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A girl looks at a photo of the famed mountain lion known as P-22 as the exhibit wall is covered with Post-It notes paying tribute to the big cat at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20.
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This Jan. 2020, photo provided by Miguel Ordeñana shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in Los Angeles.
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This Aug. 2017, photo provided by Miguel Ordeñana shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in Los Angeles.
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This May. 2020, photo provided by Miguel Ordeñana shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in Los Angeles.
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A mural by artist Corie Mattie depicting the famed mountain lion known as P-22 is seen in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Two people walk past a mural by artist Corie Mattie depicting the famed mountain lion known as P-22 in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20.
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A mural depicting the famed mountain lion known as P-22 is reflected in a car window in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20.
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Visitors look at merchandize celebrating the life of the famed mountain lion known as P-22 at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20.
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Biologist Miguel Ordeñana sits for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20.
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Alan Salazar, a tribal member of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, sits for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Alan Salazar, a tribal member of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, looks at a taxidermy of a mountain lion at a museum in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 1. In tribal communities here, mountain lions are regarded as relatives and considered teachers, according to Salazar.

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