Living with Lions GPS data collection expands to new area of Sonoma County with the capture of young male mountain lion

Living with Lions GPS data collection expands to new area of Sonoma County with the capture of young male mountain lion

Dr. Quinton Martins and the Living with Lions team expanded the scope of our project last week with the capture and GPS-collaring of mountain lion P14 in the West County area of Sonoma County.

His capture and collaring was preceded by his predation of 2 adult llamas owned by ranch owners Paul Matthews and Maria Cardemone. Rather than seeking a depredation permit against this lion, Paul and Maria called us and agreed to allow us, as per our recent California Department of Fish and Wildlife permits, to collar this animal and learn more about its behavior.

Expressing the complex turn of events, Maria and Paul said, “So sad for us and our llamas and so exciting to be part of the ongoing exploration of the big cats and how they move thru our landscape. Always, we are on the side of science and exploration and proud to be involved in this project.”

We are thrilled to be able to follow this 2.5-year-old male lion in the West County … In honor of their support of the project, we are dubbing P14 “Paul.”

READ ABOUT THE LANDOWNERS’ EXPERIENCE IN THIS RECENT PRESS DEMOCRAT ARTICLE >