New Pictures of Hollywood Cougar Show Sleeker, Healthier Cat
The famous urban dweller looked sickly in March, but he's back to looking like a star.
Since making his Hollywood debut two years ago, P-22 has kept a low profile, avoiding the cameras and surfacing only at night.
But this private celebrity is no movie star or pop icon—he's the resident mountain lion of downtown Los Angeles. (See National Geographic pictures: "Studying the Secretive Cougar.")
In late March, when scientists captured the famous feline to change the batteries in his radio collar, they found him suffering from mange, a painful skin disease common in wild animals. He had also been exposed to rat poison, and his condition seemed precarious. (Read about how scientists collar wild animals.)
But pictures released last week of the elusive cougar suggest he's making a Hollywood comeback.
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