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Hi John,
P-54, a female puma, was fatally struck by a vehicle in the Santa Monica Mountains just days ago.
The tragic death of this young lion marks three generations of mountain lions lost. P-54's mother was killed along the same road, and earlier this spring one of her cubs was fatally hit.
These mountain lions are on the brink, and more wildlife crossings can save them.
Please help today with a donation to the Saving Life on Earth Fund. We're fighting with all we've got to protect these cats.
Highways and sprawl have decimated mountain lion habitat in Southern and central coastal California.
Penned in by freeways and development, these big cats unknowingly risk their lives crossing roads to find mates and food.
Nearly 30 mountain lions have been killed by vehicle strikes in the Santa Monica Mountains and nearby areas since 2002.
But there's hope.
Just months ago crews broke ground on a new wildlife crossing on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. That crossing will help save mountain lions in the area as well as coyotes, deer, lizards, snakes and other creatures.
In May the California Assembly passed legislation — which the Center for Biological Diversity sponsored — that will improve wildlife connectivity and make California roads safer for mountain lions and people alike.
The Safe Roads and Wildlife Protection Act, prioritizing crossings and other transportation projects to improve wildlife connectivity where collisions with animals occur, is waiting on Senate approval. And there's no more time to wait.
We've been fighting for Southern California's mountain lions for years, taking on large developers, pressing officials to stop paving over mountain lions' habitat, and pushing to secure endangered species protection for the lions.
The extinction crisis is putting up to a million species at risk of winking out. But extinction is a choice — we can stop it if we act.
Please give today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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