Mountain lion kitten released following rehabilitation in California

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A young mountain lion who spent four months in the care of the San Diego Humane Society's wildlife team in Ramona has been released back into the wild, the human society said Wednesday.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife brought two kittens to the Humane Society to be cared for until they could fend for themselves after their mother was hit by a car and killed in February near the Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Orange County.

The Humane Society team in Ramona is the first in California to work under the state agency's direction to rehabilitate mountain lion kittens with the intention of releasing them back into the wild.

The local Humane Society said its Project Wildlife is the primary resource for wild animal rehabilitation and conservation education in San Diego County. A new campus that opened in 2020 in Ramona focuses on care for native apex predators and birds of prey, including hawks, owls, eagles, coyotes, bears, bobcats and mountain lions.

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/jun/23/san-diego-humane-society-release-mountain-lion-kit/