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Michael Howie

Los Angeles’ most famous mountain lion captured by wildlife officials

This photo provided by the US National Park Service shows the mountain lion known as P-22 pictured in 2014

(Picture: AP)

A mountain lion famed in Los Angeles for roaming across freeways and making a sprawling urban park his home has been captured by wildlife officials.

The cougar, dubbed P-22, wears a GPS tracking collar as part of a National Park Service study and is regularly recorded on security cameras strolling through residential areas near LA’s Griffith Park, a wilderness and picnic area.

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