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Are mountain lion numbers increasing or decreasing in California?

April 26, 2017California decreasing lion Mountain Numbers

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Are mountain lion numbers increasing or decreasing in California?

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Without an ongoing statewide mountain lion study, it is impossible to know what is happening on a statewide basis with populations. However, there are indications that mountain lion activity, such as depredation, attacks on people, and predation on prey populations, peaked in 1996, then decreased somewhat, and have remained stable for the past several years.