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A radio-collared mountain lion has become the first to be killed in the Santa Monica Mountains under a state law that permits lethal action against any cougar that injures or fatally attacks pets and livestock, officials said Monday. The big cat known as P-56 was suspected of killing a dozen livestock on nine separate occasions at a single ...

P-56 is the first radio-collared mountain lion to be killed under the state's "depredation" law in the Santa Monica Mountains. State law allows a property owner to apply for a "depredation" permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill an animal if it harms pets or livestock.