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Hi John,
When a five-year-old mountain lion was struck and killed by a car in June, she was pregnant with four kittens.
Rat poison was later found in all five of them. This is an ongoing tragedy, and it has to be stopped.
Please help with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
The mountain lion known as P-54 was killed in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, not far from where her mother was also struck and killed in 2018.
She later tested positive for five different rat poisons. All four of her unborn kittens had been exposed to the same poisons.
One of her earlier cubs was killed on the 405 freeway at just 18 months old.
Penned in by freeways and urban sprawl, these big cats risk their lives every time they cross a road to find food or a mate.
And now we know with certainty that even before they're born, Southern California's mountain lions are being poisoned.
These cascading threats are creating an extinction vortex for the region's big cats.
More wildlife crossings are the answer to vehicle strikes. The Center for Biological Diversity sponsored legislation that will improve wildlife connectivity and make California roads safer for mountain lions and people alike. It's now awaiting the governor's signature.
But more needs to be done to get toxics out of the wild. Several mountain lions have died from internal bleeding due to poison; another succumbed to chronic anemia.
These pumas are on the brink of extinction. We must keep dangerous poisons out of the wild, and we must carve out space for them so the lions can safely search for food and mates.
We've been fighting for mountain lions and other species for decades, and we won't stop.
Please give to the Saving Life on Earth Fund today.
For the wild,
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