LINK Officials find litter of mountain lion kittens near Los Angeles – KIRO 7 News Seattle

LOS ANGELES — Officials say a mountain lion in the Simi Hills area near Los Angeles recently gave birth to three kittens.

In a news release from the National Park Service, biologists learned that mountain lion P-77 recently had given birth to three girl kittens by the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountain ranges.

P-77, the kittens’ mother, is believed to be about 5 years old and has been tracked since November 2019, according to The Associated Press.

The newborn kittens have been named P-113, P-114, and P-115, the National Park Service said.

It is believed to be the third mountain lion litter in the Simi Hills area over the last few years, the AP reported. P-62 had a litter in 2018 and P-67 had a litter in 2020.

(The area is in the far Northwest of Los Angeles county.)