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A mountain lion was struck and killed by a car early Monday morning while trying to cross the freeway at the SR-14 and I-5 interchange.

The animal was hit at approximately 7:30 a.m. and was picked up by the California Department of Fish and Game, according to CHP officials.

“We are always taken aback when an animal is killed on an overpass or freeway,” said Frank Hoffman, a ranger at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center. “They are an important part of the natural environment and were here thousands of years before us.”

This incident comes in light of at least four mountain lion deaths in Los Angeles County in recent months.

“People need to learn to live with them when we live on the urban edge. We, as humans, need to learn to coexist with wildlife,” said Hoffman.

This report originally said the mountain lion was hit in Acton; it was not. 

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82 Comments

  1. ugh poor animals we keep taking there habit away super sad

  2. Luke Hallack Luke Hallack says:

    It was on the northbound 14 just after you get off the 5

  3. Last night as it was pouring rain i had coyotes looking into my back yard for ahelter from ontop of the wash . I was talking to it and the poor coyote looks absoutly sad . no where to go

  4. Erica Egar Erica Egar says:

    Terri Erickson Egar

  5. Sad … But… it’s part of the circle of life. I have to wonder how many pets that cat killed before it met his maker. And even if they weren’t pets, they were animals just the same.

  6. What a coincidence, I was just talking to my mom about the “wildlife corridors” and the mountain lion that was recently struck in Castaic. It’s tragic, and I’m all for the corridors, but let’s remember that human life is more important than animal life. And I’m a total animal lover…I have 2 cats (indoors so they don’t get killed), two dogs, and a bunch of fish…so save the trolling and insults ??

  7. This just makes me so sad ?

  8. We are supposed to co exist but the state has done little to help the wildlife. Watering holes away from neighborhoods and corridors are sorely needed.

  9. Samantha Duran Jesus

  10. The corridors for the wildlife are neede

  11. Build the damn corridors and forget the bullet train

  12. Dwayne Huitt Dwayne Huitt says:

    That’s a bad intersection for mountain lions.

  13. Dania Deleon Dania Deleon says:

    ??? mountain lions

  14. Susie Neri Susie Neri says:

    Dee FourFifth Karina Neri

  15. Kari Scattaglia-Kirtley

  16. Charles says:

    Would have been nice to know EXACTLY where this happened. Maybe put up some signs for wildlife crossing? Or better yet, dig a tunnel or two under existing roadways in the area?

  17. Shirley says:

    Breaks my heart everytime. They have the right to live here also.

  18. Judy rich says:

    Sorry for the Animal, but thankful it didn’t cause a major accident. Scary situation having a mountain lion on the freeway!

  19. Ric says:

    Someone should put a sign there not to cross?

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