California’s mountain lion faces ‘extinction vortex’
I lived in California my whole life before moving to Arizona about twenty years ago. I saw a mountain lion in Carlsbad California right before we moved. It was standing next busy College Avenue waiting for a break in traffic, then trotted across the street. Now living in the mountains of Central Arizona, there is more potential for seeing them. We have had tracks under our deck and very early in the morning I saw one on the street two blocks from our house. Mountain lions can pose a real threat to small children, so literally, pick up your kids with you if you see a mountain close by.<p>re: stopping development in some areas in California: that sounds like a good idea in general, and in this case I believe that protecting some areas of natural habitat is probably a good idea.