A young mountain lion struck by a vehicle earlier this year has been successfully rehabilitated and released back into the wild, according to the San Diego Humane Society.
The male mountain lion, estimated to be 10 months old, was released June 17 by the California Department of Fish and Wildfire into a remote area of the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County after spending nearly five months recovering at the Ramona Wildfire Center.
The animal was transferred to the center on Jan. 15, four days after the collision. He had received emergency care at Serrano Animal and Bird Hospital in Orange County for a skull fracture, head and eye trauma, and a limp in his left hind leg…