«Breaking News» Mountain lion dies after surviving California wildfire

A mountain lion who miraculously survived last month's raging California wildfires has died. 

The cougar, known as P-64 and fondly called 'Culvert Cat' for crossing the highways northwest of Los Angeles using culvert storm drain tunnels, died earlier this week, the National Park Service announced on Friday. 

The four-year-old male, who roamed the Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountains, was traced using data from his tracking collar.

On December 3 wildlife biologist Jeff Sikich found P-64's body at the bottom of an unburnt grassy canyon near a streambed in Simi Hills with all four of his paws badly burned. 

The National Park Service announced on Friday that a mountain lion named P-64 has died, weeks after surviving the deadly Woolsey fire in southern California. P-64 pictured above on May 22, 2018 after crossing the 101 freeway in Agoura Hills, California via the culvert

P-64's corpse was found on Monday in the Simi Hills. He was last known to be alive on November 26

P-64 was found dead on December 3 in an unburnt area of Simi Hills. The four-year-old male was found with badly burnt paws, which would have inhibited his ability to walk and hunt

His singed paws would have made it difficult for the animal to walk and hunt.  

Officials said he had been dead for a few days. His exact cause of death is not yet known and a necropsy will be conducted. 

His habitat was scorched earlier this month in the Woolsey Fire that ignited on November 8 and ravaged the area. 

The blaze burned 88 per cent of national parkland in the Santa Monica Mountains.

He was last known to be alive on November 26, more than two weeks after the fires broke out. But his GPS tracker eventually stopped weeks later.   

'He basically had two options. He either had to enter an urban area that had many firefighters, loud fire engines and people fleeing and a lot of noise or retreat onto the burned landscape,' Sikich, who studied P-64 closely, said to the Los Angeles Times. 

The cougar was fondly known 'Culvert Cat' for how he crossed LA highways using storm drain tunnels going back and forth 41 times 

P-64 (above) is one of 11 mountain lions tracked following the Woolsey fire. Nine of those lions seem to have survived. Another young male known as P-74 is believed to have also died in the fire

He believes P-64 chose to remain in his burnt territory, badly searing his paws, which might have become infected. 

Sikich said it's not uncommon for mountain lions to survive a fire and die soon afterwards. 

The cougar was first found by authorities in February and was given a GPS tracking device. 

The next day the cat was caught on park trail cameras crossing the 101 Freeway via the highway's culvert, awarding him his nickname. 

Since then, P-64 was recorded crossing the 101 and 191 freeways in Los Angeles a total of 41 times. The crossing is a dangerous path as it can be overwhelmed with rains and is so long and curved, animals can't see from one end to the other. 

'It’s really interesting that this mountain lion figured out how to use this extremely long and dark culvert under the freeway,' wildlife ecologist Seth Riley said. 

The park tracks 11 mountain lions that have frequented the area near the Woolsey fire perimeters. 

Nine of those lions seem to have survived. Another young male known as P-74 is believed to have also died in the fire.  

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Main photo article A mountain lion who miraculously survived last month’s raging California wildfires has died. 
The cougar, known as P-64 and fondly called ‘Culvert Cat’ for crossing the highways northwest of Los Angeles using culvert storm drain tunnels, died earlier this week, the National ...

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