Los Angeles’ cougar called P-22 will be captured and evaluated for signs of distress after it killed a leashed Chihuahua last month and attacked another last week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday.
Officials have noted that P-22 has been sighted and encountered near human dwellings amid its habitat in Griffith Park. Furthermore, P-22 is 12 years old, making it a “remarkably old cat in the wild,” according to CDFW.
The cougar is the oldest Southern California specimen being studied, according to the Associated Press; most wild cougars live for around a decade. P-22’s attacks on pets are considered a possible sign of distress.