Monitored mountain lion killed after Calif. issues permit

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A Southern California mountain lion tracked by scientists as part of a federal study was killed after statewildlife officials issued a permit to a rural property owner whose livestock were repeatedly attacked, officialssaid yesterday.The male cougar dubbed P-56 was suspected of feasting on animals at a property in Camarillo, within theSanta Monica Mountains northwest of Los Angeles. The owner reported nine depredation incidentsresulting in the loss of 12 animals over a two-year period.National Park Service biologists said they were informed that P-56 was killed on Jan. 27.It's the first time the Department of Fish and Wildlife granted permission to kill a big cat in the Santa MonicaMountains under California's depredation law, officials said.