The Cat That Changed America features in Kelly’s Classroom Online. With fun and educational activities for children, this is a great way to get them involved in conservation and find out about the challenges facing not only mountain lion’s but all wildlife. Habitat loss, lack of connectivity and poisoning are just some of the issues facing animals in the wild.
Some good news to start 2021! The Cat That Changed America film is now available on Vimeo on Demand through the distributor Earth Touch.
The film which first premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival has been a popular favourite at other festivals such as Green Screen in LA, the New York Wildlife and Conservation Film Festival and the San Luis Obispo Film Festival. The story tells the incredible journey of P22 mountain lion from his birthplace in the Santa Monica Mountains to Griffith Park, crossing two major freeways along the way. It also tells the story of Los Angelenos and conservationists as they raise money to build a wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. This is very timely as the crossing strikes ground this year.
Captain Cal and two Sisters – the 3 mountain lion cubs waiting for their new home.
2020 has been a challenging year to say the least yet there have been incredible stories of hope, resilience and inspiration. One of the most inspiring animal stories is that of the 3 lion cubs which were rescued and found a new home.
The cubs have been recovering at the Oakland Zoo after being rescued from the flames. One of the lions was a weeks-old cub that was rescued from California’s Zogg Wildfire and was brought to the Oakland Zoo’s Veterinary Hospital for treatment and rehabilitation.
The male, nicknamed Captain Cal, had been severely burned and was found limping on a burned-out road in Redding, CA in September. It took 47 days for him to fully heal.
The Oakland Zoo shared a video showing the overnight journey to Ohio. The cubs boarded a FedEx aircraft at the Oakland International Airport.
“Captain Cal and the girls received top-notch service on their early morning journey from our Vet Hospital to Oakland International Airport, and on to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium by dinnertime,” the zoo wrote in a caption with the video.
The other two cubs were unnamed sisters. The sisters and Captain Cal were packaged up and sent to the Columbus Zoo.
The mountain lion cubs were recently transported by FedEx from Oakland Zoo in California to Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
The trio will be introduced to another mountain lion named Jessie who is 17 years old and who lives at the Columbus Zoo.
The three mountain lion cubs are such an inspiring story and illustrate the many challenges facing young animals which are detailed in “The Cat That Changed America” book which was written during lockdown and is available now.
The Cat That Changed America feature in Citizen’s Journal
P22 Mountain Lion features in this week’s Citizen Journal which covers news and entertainment in Ventura County. The write up profiles the new book “The Cat That Changed America” which is based on P22’s incredible true story crossing two freeways to reach Griffith Park in the middle of LA.
Mountains lions in Southern California gained interim protections and won a key court case, two bright spots for environmentalists in 2020. Above, a mother mountain lion with three kittens at Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks. (Courtesy of Irvine Ranch Conservancy)
Happy Christmas from The Cat That Changed America! This beautiful photo of a mother mountain lion and her three kittens brings cheer to us on Christmas. It shows how important it is to protect these beautiful cats which need large territories but are the victims of habit loss, lack of connectivity and fragmentation. The story of P22 is reimagined in a new book “The Cat That Changed America” and the challenges that these cats face. But there is hope as shown in this beautiful picture.
Happy Christmas Eve to all cat lovers, book lovers and nature lovers everywhere! May your Christmas Eve be full of joy, hope and happiness wrapping presents and respect for all nature’s wild things.
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The paperback of The Cat That Changed America based on the true life story of P22 mountain lion is HALF PRICE on Amazon in the run up to Christmas. Looking for a fun and engaging stocking filler? This incredible story based on P22’s journey in search of a new home is a heartwarming gift for Christmas and will bring out the intrepid spirit in all travellers.
Featured as a holiday gift pick in the Christmas Edition of the Topanga New Times, The Cat That Changed America is an appealing stocking filler for readers. Available in Paperback and Kindle through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
In this time of uncertainty, it’s heartening to bring a little Christmas cheer. This family of Mountain Lions, a mother and her two cubs, was recently spotted in Westlake Village in California. They remind us of the characters featured in “The Cat That Changed America” book which follows the fortunes of a Mother Mountain Lion and her two cubs, which is based on the true life story of P22 mountain lion who made an incredible journey across two freeways in search of a new home.
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