The Latest Breaking News from CDFW

P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and became a symbol of urban pressures on wildlife, is euthanased because of severe health problems.

For years, the wild mountain lion's presence in LA captured the adoration of the city's residents. Wildlife officials said they "compassionately euthanized" the ailing animal on Saturday.

P-22 was believed to have suffered major injuries in a car accident

LOS ANGELES — Sarah Picchi was on a work call at her Los Feliz home on Monday morning when wildlife officials buzzed her front gate with a startling message: You have a lion in your backyard.

P-22 has lived in Griffith Park for a decade, earning nicknames like the "Hollywood Cat" and the "Brad Pitt of mountain lions." He is undergoing health evaluations after exhibiting signs of distress.

At least six bitten by sharks at New York beaches this summer

A woman who stopped alongside a California highway to walk her dog became involved in a harrowing ordeal in which she and the dog were attacked by a mountain lion.

Witness said animal ‘all of a sudden’ went for child

The sheriff’s department warned with temperatures warming up, encounters with bears will likely become more common

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) cannabis enforcement program recently released its year-end numbers for the 2021 calendar year, revealing that 2.6 million illegal weed plants were eradicated and 487,270 punds were destroyed.