I remember the day P-22 died and cried my eyes out! He was well known for many years! I’m just so glad to know his legacy will continue with a wildlife crossing across the 101 freeway and beyond! 😻❤️
I used to get upset about the coyotes in my neighborhood, but now we have adjusted our life to them. Our dog never goes outside alone, but I enjoy all of the wildlife around me, even the skunks.
I miss living in a neighborhood with coyotes and mountain lions. A healthy bird population chirping away. No stray cats fighting at 1am or spraying cars/buildings. Always a treat to the coyotes and big cats too.
What a great ambassador for cougars and other wildlife. I'm so glad to see that this wildlife crossing bridge will be done in 2025. It will save lives! Thank you P-22, we miss you and your beautiful being
I miss P-22 What a gorgeous mountain lion. When I moved here I was like "that is such a cool thing to have in this big city!" and even the rich people whose chihuahuas get eaten fought for him to stay. It was a really sad December right before Christmas when they had to put him down but at least they brought him to one of the best zoos on earth in San Diego before that had to happen.
We have one here in WA state over I-90. I've also driven under the Banff Wildlife Crossing. I love seeing them. Good luck to her. I hope they become commonplace in every state.
Stories like this gets me every time. Anyway, it makes my intentions stronger in my everyday life in making the world safer for nature and, in consequence, for us all.
@@chrisg8995 There aren’t any updated photos online showing that the architectural foundation now crosses from one side of the freeway to the other. Idk about u, but I drive under it everyday on my way to work. Ppl already know it won’t be completed this year. I was just commenting cuz I’m excited it’s near my house.
Same here, live off the Parkway Calabasas exit and drive under it every day on my way to work in Agoura Hills. When I moved here in Jan 23 I wondered what it was for several months, when I eventually googled it I was very pleasantly surprised.
What a great story. One life can have a great impact on our country. I hope more of these bridges and underpasses can be built all over the country where they are needed in order to benefit the communities and wildlife.
If only the richest men in America could hand over a measly 500 million. They wouldn't even feel it. But what an impact. I wish a portion of my taxes would go to something so vital. And by vital I mean for us humans, too.
Throughout history the richest men have been ruthless in achieving and maintaining their wealth..Most only give as a tax credit. It is what it is. Wouldn't be surprised if one day Zoos will only be AI generated..
This is truly a remarkable story of strength and resilience of this beautiful creature that God has created!! The American cougar is a true icon of bravery!!! ❣️🤔👍🏾💯
We have bears, deer too in the LA city proper. Up in the central California, there’s also elk and apparently a couple of wolf packs in the high Sierra mountains (came in from Oregon).
I grew up in the area and remember one in Griffith park in the 60’s I believe it was caught and relocated. My Moms friend lived in the boonies between Malibu and calabassis. She was a vet and was always having the most amazing visits by every critter in the area including a female mountain lion who had a curved leg but still kept keeping on. I loved my mom’s friends house and her wild critter friends💕
This reminds me of Broken Tail! A tiger in India who did something similar and became an ambassadour. For anyone who hasn´t already heard of his story and legacy, check it out! There was this absolutely amazing documentary done like perhaps 15 years ago, one of theose documentaries I will never forget. Nat geo wild had it in there series, called Broken Tail - A tiger´s last journey.
Its pathetic that it takes us so long to be persuaded to build something as basic as a bridge, that helps everything & everyone. We just don't have this time to waste.
FYI - most European freeways have green overpasses for wildlife. Every city, every town on both sides of the freeway must, I repeat - MUST - have a green wildlife overpass!!!! ❤❤❤
Wow!!! Totally awesome!! My heart goes out to P-22 and all the amazing people who made this and other wildlife crossings possible ❤ Please spread the word to AUSTRALIA!! Koalas 🐨 and other precious and unique wildlife there are on the way to extinction! Secure connectivity if the fragmented habitat would be so important there too!!!
Calling all animal lovers! Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming has yet to be punished for his horrific abuse towards a wolf cub known as Thea. We must not allow him, nor any other torturer of animals get away with only a slap on the wrist. If any of you care, please fight that real justice be met! Keep this story alive, ask for better animal protection laws, continue to protest until he is given server jail time for his awful crimes. Don’t let Thea die in vain! Demand that her murderer is brought to justice. That’s what it means to be a Wildlife Warrior! #JusticeForWolves
Wonderful people doing selfless things to make the world a better place. These people along with many others are real heroes and should be appreciated and compensated better than athletes and celebrities.
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this great project. Since the 1980s, nature conservation here in Germany has been on the right track. Then came climate policy, which began to exploit nature for electricity generation. Entire ecosystems are disappearing under wind turbines and black photovoltaic panels. The yachts of climate billionaires keep getting bigger, while nature keeps shrinking. Climate protection should not mean destroying nature to turn it into a "green" industrial zone. In the end, it's all about money. Let's be careful that this ideology does not get out of hand in the USA. Nature conservation is always climate protection, but the reverse is not necessarily true.
Bike the hills around there all the time. People look at me strangely when I tell them I regularly see Deer, Coyote, Rabbit, Quail, Tarantulas and Snakes. Lots of wildlife, which makes riding there really fun.
I hope the LA28 Olympics make their mascot a Mountain Lion... because the only "King" to ever reign over Los Angeles was P-22. We will never forget our fallen king
we have so many of these land bridges all over china for while now and there are 100s of more being build and I love seeing other nations using these to help the animals from dying by being hit by trucks and cars. ❤❤❤
I was shocked to see the cost of this crossing- $100 million! I know half was raised by private donations as well as public funds but I can't understand why it cost so much. Would it have been cheaper if it was incorporated in the original road build? If so , all new freeways should have wildlife crossings as a mandatory feature, to keep costs down.
Nature is glorious! So many people and so many developers are so greedy and entitled when it comes to leaving natural habitats alone. We don't need to build more neighborhoods, we need to rebuild the ones we have to accomodate more people. Bridging for animals over and under freeways, and giving animals a way to move around more freely is critical. All of us interested in this video get it. I just hope everyone sees videos like this one and understands the challenge, and we make things better for the environment, not worse like humanity has done for so long.
2:20 and 4:58. Love how they show the animals posing for the camera. Makes me appreciate knowing they are out living life even though I don't see most of these diverse animals regularly.
i just want to remind you. there are lions living near by millions of people and nobody has noticed them, nobody has been eaten. they aren't that scary.
I recall learning about P-22 and the wildlife corridor that was planned to create a pathway for not just the cougars, but for many species of animals, as well. With this video telling me that completion is expected in 2025, I can’t believe that we’re now half of 2024 and this will be unveiled to public in the not too distant future. It also reminds me a panther here named Babs because she happens to end in a place called Babcock County that made history as the first panther been sighted in the upper part of Florida for more than 70 years. As a result, it prevented the creation of another toll road and led the foundation to make a crossing there as the panthers keep on spreading northwards, as they should. I look to see the end result for the crossing and the future of this cat flourishing everywhere in the country.
I came across the concept of Underpass and overpass when I read Ben Goldfarb's book Crossing: How road ecology is shaping the future of our planet ,I was introduced to Miss Pratt, what wonderful she is doing. In India this concept is not understood at lot, I am doubtful if it ever will be introduced.
What a sad story about the loss of P22. Then again the success story of wildlife crossings across our nation is reassuring that all those “P22” animals will survive.
When it comes to animals the resources are limitless! But the homeless problem can't be solved because of limited resources! The two problems is not opposite to each other...but help a animal and you are a hero. Help a homeless too much of a problem 😔
Why are we humans the only important ones, why not the animals? Why? because they are not talking? some of them not as large as we are? Viva the animals, all creatures and nature in general! Viva!
I remember seeing a mountain lion on the hollywood trail about 10 years ago, we made eye contact for a second, and after a few minutes passes i heard the mountain lion "roar" (I'm not sure what its called)
Wild life & roads , roads r a sign of development , its a death knell for wild life , human subservient attitude , there r always ways to both , we just need to look into it , came across a very interesting information , the city of mumbai 20 million population has 65 leopards co-existing with humans .
Animals have their own roads. We know where they cross, it’s where they always cross. Their roads were here before ours. We must make more safe crossings.
Growing up in South Los Angeles as a kid, every few years a cougar would drag some person off their bicycle or chase joggers in Irvine park. They absolutely live on the outskirts of LA.
Very Sad, P-22 now your brothern and other forest mammals are able to escape mans mechanical highway machines. Please continue this project tomorrow and beyond😊😊😊😊😊
A great video about these great cats. I suggest an effort to educate people about them, and the possible danger. Small humans (kids or adults) may be tempting prey for a hungry lion or coyote. People shouldn't hike there alone, and keep a close watch on children and pets. You will probably never see a mountain lion, but they are probably watching you.
The 101 crossing is wonderful, but it seems that it would be more economical and productive to create hundreds of smaller paths that go under the highways and freeways of LA (and other places). We humans are the top of the food chain, but that means that we have the responsibility to ensure that all the animals and creatures beneath us have an opportunity to flourish as well…
Scientists have talked about the under option and know that animals are afraid. Canada designs over as well. Animals like to continue on a path with nature around them and quiet. Sound engineers are involved in the bridge design and the plants are being grown nearby at a nursery for planting when the time is right.
This proves how smart cougars are, as they find a way to survive and find a way out of the urban environment and make it to a home where there are no humans. Who knows that a cougar is famous in Los Angeles. Also, that photograph with P-22 at the Hollywood sign, really fantastic ! As a result, even though mountain lions can be dangerous and fierce animals, this would get the public to change their mind about cougars.
Wouldn’t these mountain lions be happier in a location less dense with humans and freeways? LA/ Hollywood is not the only place they exist. I feel sorry for them.
In theory, yes. But even urban, restricted ecosystems absolutely require apex predators like cougars to be balanced and healthy. There’s also the question of how well these LA area cougars would survive after being relocated. A big problem would definitely be any other male cougars already living in the area, which are fiercely territorial towards other males. And landowners tend not to be very welcoming to the idea of large carnivores being released anywhere near where they live and work.
I don't get the placement. Why not make it 5 or 10 miles north? An animal that crosses still is stuck in an area fenced in by the 23, the 118 and the 405. 23 and 118 are less busy than 101, but still formidable freeways.
