LOS ANGELES, CA : 3 mountain lions recently struck, killed on SoCal roadways on Thursday, 25th January 2024

It's been a particularly deadly week for Southern California mountain lions after three of the big cats were struck and killed by vehicles in different parts of the Southland.

A female mountain lion identified as F312 by wildlife officials, but known throughout Orange County as Uno, was killed while trying to cross Santiago Canyon Road last week, according to the Mountain Lion Project.

Uno earned her name because she only had one eye that worked.

"She's the perfect example of a cat that did everything right," said Beth Pratt, a regional executive director in California for the National Wildlife Federation. "She navigated a really challenging environment, but car versus mountain lion -- the car is always going to win."

Pratt says what makes Uno's death even more tragic is that the big cat was pregnant.

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