List of wild animals from Los Angeles
The following is a list of notable wild (captive and feral included) animals who were either born in, lived in, or are otherwise closely associated with the city or county of Los Angeles, California. Domesticated and working animals are not included.
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- BB-12 – an American black bear that was tracked in the Santa Monica Mountains and killed while attempting to cross US-101[1]
- Evelyn – a gorilla who escaped her Los Angeles Zoo enclosure approximately five times in the late 1990s and early 2000s[2]
- Gita – an Asian elephant whose death at the Los Angeles Zoo sparked public outcry[3]
- Hollywood Freeway chickens – a feral chicken colony that lived under US-101's Vineland Avenue off-ramp[4]
- Ivan the Terrible – a polar bear who killed three other polar bears during his time at the Griffith Park Zoo[5]
- Mario – a Toulouse goose who formed a friendship with an Echo Park resident[6]
- Meatball – an American black bear that repeatedly visited neighborhoods in northern Los Angeles before being moved to an animal sanctuary in San Diego[7]
- Mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains – individual tracked mountain lions in the Santa Monica and surrounding mountains[8]
- P-1 – dominant male and first animal tracked in the area[9]
- P-2 – first tracked female, mother, and intraspecific death in the area[10]
- P-22 – took up residence in Griffith Park and was featured on the cover of National Geographic[11]
- P-64 – nicknamed "Culvert Cat" after figuring out how to use a culvert to cross under US-101[12]
- Parrots of Pasadena – a population of non-indigenous feral parrots in Pasadena[13]
- Reggie – an alligator who was raised in illegal captivity, then became feral, then was moved to the Los Angeles Zoo[14]
- Room 8 – a housecat who from 1952 to the mid-1960s lived in Elysian Heights Elementary School during the school year and disappeared for the summer, returning when classes started again each year[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lloyd, Jonathan (July 25, 2023). "Rambling bear who covered a lot of ground in SoCal's mountains killed on 101 Freeway". NBC4.
- ^ Sanburn, Josh (March 30, 2011). "Evelyn the Gorilla, Los Angeles". Time. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Gorman, Anna (June 12, 2006). "Death of Gita Renews Calls to Move Elephants to Sanctuary". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ "Chickens won't leave". Bangor Daily News. August 30, 1973. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ "Story of 40-year-old L.A. Zoo is wild one". Los Angeles Daily News. August 29, 2017.
- ^ Hernandez, Lisa. "Man explains love for a goose in Echo Park". KABC-TV. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ^ Phillips, Erica E (December 30, 2013). "Meatball the Bear Will Be a Star in Rose Parade". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Puma Profiles". United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ Stokstad, Erik (August 14, 2014). "The real mountain lions of LA County". Science.
- ^ Booth, William (October 1, 2005). "The Lion Creeps Tonight". Washington Post.
- ^ Dell'Amore, Christine (December 14, 2022). "How this photo turned a reclusive mountain lion into a Hollywood icon". National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Mountain lion makes rare Highway 101 crossing". VC Star. March 13, 2018.
- ^ "The California Parrot Project". The California Parrot Project. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^ "LA's legendary Reggie the alligator a bachelor no more". Los Angeles Daily News. March 22, 2017.
- ^ Vargo, Roger (May 2008). "Room 8, The Most Famous Cat in Los Angeles". Explore Historic California. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
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