Meet P-45 and LA's other star mountain lions

Feb. 08, 2017

The Santa Monica Mountains are home to more than a dozen mountain lions. We discuss how they’ve adjusted to us, how we’ve adjusted to them, and the story of the male lion killing alpacas in Malibu.

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LIONS OF LOS ANGELES

Credits

Guest:

Dana Goodyear - staff writer at the New Yorker, host of the podcast “Lost Hills” - @newyorker

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy

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