How Los Angeles hopes to save its endangered mountain lions
High above Route 101, the city is building the biggest wildlife corridor in the world
LOS ANGELES, as everyone knows, is a noodle bowl of highways. As everyone may not know, it is also one of only two cities in the world where big cats roam wild inside the city boundaries (the other is Mumbai). One even took up residence near the Hollywood sign. But big cats and highways do not mix, which is why Los Angeles will soon be home to one of the world’s biggest wildlife corridors.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The concrete jungle”
United States May 14th 2022
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