This page is a complete list of all attacks that involve physical contact by mountain lions on people in California through 26 January 2007. Far more people die from dog attacks, hitting … The California Department of Fish & Wildlife is responsible for managing mountain lions in the state of California and determining when a mountain lion is a threat to public safety. Mountain Lion Killed In Santa Monica Mountains - Malibu, CA - P-56 is the first radio-collared mountain lion to be killed under the state's "depredation" law in the Santa Monica Mountains. "I think it’s a misconception that mountain lions do not use urban areas. Attacks on people are extremely rare. The first mountain lion with a tracking collar was killed under the California depredation law, the National Park Service (NPS) announced Monday. Stalked and killed by a four-year-old male mountain lion at Catface Mountain. Specimen Possession / Taxidermy The passage of the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Proposition 117) by California voters established that mountain lions are a "specially protected mammal" in California. Information on purchasing licenses, permits, tags and other entitlements, can be found on CDFW’s Online License Site. An attack on a 4-year-old near San Diego is just the latest in a string of mountain lion attacks in California. They do. * Jake Thomas Gardipee (5) - September 9, 1989 - Evaro, Montana Attacked and killed by at least two, possibly three, cougars while riding a tricycle behind his home in Missoula County. See also the companion page List of Mountain Lion Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada not including California. We’ve had 22 since 1990," Clay said. California Mountain Lion Research Publications; Photos. The lion: A 2- to 3-year-old female was killed after a weeklong search. December 10, 1994 Killed: Iris M. Kenna, 56, of San Diego; high school counselor, birder. What’s killing Southern California’s mountain lions? See Mountain Lion Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada for an introduction to this page, bibliography and abbreviation list. A collared mountain lion was shot and killed by a landowner in California, the first under a state law that allows the species to be killed if it harms pets or livestock. 'This population has one foot on the banana peel and one foot on the edge,' says author of study on the cats’ declining numbers. A recent study published in PLOS ONE found that it is nearly impossible for mountain lions to cross major highways and collisions with vehicles are the number one cause of death for the animals. CDFW is temporarily closing its high public use areas, including visitor centers and license counters, to help slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).Before heading to a CDFW facility, contact the regional headquarters office to determine if that facility is open. But a mountain lion can still be killed legally "if it harms pets or livestock" and a property owner asks the California … "Mountain lion attacks are rare. Hunting mountain lions is illegal in California, but the state may issue property owners permits to kill any big cats that have killed or injured domestic animals or damaged property. There have been 14 mountain lion attacks on humans since 1986 in California, three of them fatal. The sprawling human population in southern California has created habitat fragmentation in the region, causing many problems for mountain lions. An exception to the law, created in 2014, allows lions that have killed a pet or livestock to be put down. Facts & Figures* • The National Park Service has studied more than 60 mountain lions in and around the Santa Monica Mountains.