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Rachel Treisman

Hollywood's famous, aging mountain lion has been captured by authorities. Now what?

Brad Pitt CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife NPS Sarah Picchi Griffith Park National Park Service
The mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in November 2014 in the Griffith Park area near downtown Los Angeles, is undergoing health evaluations after being captured on Monday. (U.S. National Park Service via AP)

A famous mountain lion known as the "Hollywood Cat" is being evaluated by wildlife officials after exhibiting signs of distress, including killing a leashed dog in a residential neighborhood.

P-22, as ecologists dubbed him, has made a name for himself in Los Angeles, where he's been living in Griffith Park — home to the iconic Griffith Observatory and Hollywood Sign — since at least Feb. 2012.

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