LA's lion's bridge, cat killed, plastics banned

Xochitl, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly

Can there be a Hollywood ending for the 'Brad Pitt of mountain lions'?| (The Guardian)

World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Is Now Under Way in L.A. (curbed.com)

Site of wildlife crossing freeway bridge

Earth Day is a big day in the concrete jungle that is Los Angeles. Sadly, a day after another lion (P-97) was killed by a metal mauler, LA's own original mascot the automobile, work begins on an animal overpass.

A bridge spanning the 101 Freeway will keep animals safer than they are now, scurrying across the danger zone that is the speeding highway through the Santa Monica Wilderness Mountain Range, where our man-eating mountain lions (cougars, pumas, cheetahs) live when they're not prowling Hollywood's Griffith Park.

World’s largest wildlife crossing (curbed.com)

The SM Mountains are the largest wilderness park recreation area is the "largest urban national park" in the world, plus a rich archeological site, and one of the best examples of a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in the world. SoCal is blessed.

Now the lions will be safer, physically and genetically, by being able to mingle with outside big cats in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains in particular.

• 18-month-old mountain lion P-97 killed on 405 Puma-97 was struck and killed on the 405 Freeway near Brentwood in West LA early Thursday morning
• Young Mountain Lion Killed by Vehicle on 405 Freeway in Los Angeles The collared cat was killed by a vehicle. Currently, 12 mountain lions are being tracked in the region, the NPS says
• Mountain lion P-97 killed on 405 Freeway (Press Telegram) A lion was fatally struck by a vehicle early Thursday on...
• Mountain lion struck and killed on 405 Freeway ramp

Plastic containers in LA must be requested starting today

Los Angelenos must now positively ask for polluting single-use plastic containers and cups. Food vendors are no longer able to provide them automatically. Soon these pollutants -- which are choking our seas, sea life, and beaches -- will be regulated out of public life. They'll still be available for private use. Styrofoam is banned, and something biodegradable will take its place.