"New litter of adorable mountain lion kittens discovered near Los Angeles"

Biologists discovered three 24-day-old mountain lion kittens in the Simi Hills, west of Los Angeles. The kittens, identified as P-113, P-114, and P-115, must now survive in an increasingly urbanized area of Southern California. The NPS tracks the cats to determine how urbanization and habitat fragmentation affect these animals' lives. Mountain lions in Los Angeles County are significantly threatened by the development of roads and cities, with vehicle strikes being a leading cause of mountain lion deaths. However, the discovery of the new kittens is an "encouraging" sign for the small population of mountain lions in the area.