Conservationists are mourning the loss of a collared mountain lion that was recently struck and killed by a vehicle in Southern California.
“We are deeply saddened to share that mountain lion F390, one of the collared lions in our study, was recently killed by a vehicle strike on Highway 74 (Ortega),” calicarnivores said in an Instagram post on Sept. 5.
The 3-year-old cougar was raising her first litter, a male and a female, when she was killed crossing the highway.
“She had successfully crossed this busy highway many times before, but this time, traffic proved fatal,” the post stated…