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P22 is the Top Cat, consuming local news in LA and even reaching the paper of record all the way out to New York City.  Amazing.

Was listening to KNX News Radio, 1070 on the AM dial in Los Angeles this morning and the lead story was the euthanized  mountain lion P22, who was more of a celebrity in the Santa Monica Mountain than he was a threat since being identified in 2012.  According to some reports, the male lion had been terrorizing the hills above Los Feliz.  In fact, he is reported to have mauled one woman who injuries warranted 30 stitches.  But it wasn't just the single attack that got P22 euthanized; it was also the that he'd been injured and sick.  Some people are relieved, while others are traumatized. Chuck Bonham was grieving.

The attacks by P-22 hinted that the mountain lion had been in distress, according to Fish and Wildlife. 

"This really hurts," CDFW Director Chuck Bonham said Saturday morning, holding back tears. "It's been an incredibly difficult several days, and for myself, I felt the entire weight of the city of Los Angeles on my shoulders."

So P22 was beloved, unlike most teachers. 

But it's not hust his loss that has shook Angelinos.  The cat who is donned the Hollywood Cat, symbolizes so much more to make him the official darling not just of wildlife aficionados, but also that of immigrants for P22's success at migrating multiple barriers. Wikipedia explains, 

Many Angelenos identified with P-22 and his struggles, including immigrating to LA through multiple barriers, thriving in a city where that can be hard, living in a too-small place because LA is so dense and urban, and being single.^[11]

His name after all is Puma.  To the general televised audience, he is cougar or cat or even mountain lion.  But to the Latin population, he's the more exotic puma, which reflects his official name, P22.  The 'p' is for puma.

They've even produced a documentary on the cat.  But it's a memorial.  When did wild mountain lions, roaming a 9-squre mile radius of Griffith Park, become more fitting for a religious ceremony than most human beings?  Why are values misplaced?    

Thanks to CatThatChangedAmerica for the video.

https://laist.com/news/p-22-the-famous-mountain-lion-of-griffith-park-checks-out-healthy-at-11-years-old

But the real story is P22 euthanasia coming on the heels a week after a dozen reports of canadian government offering 

Perhaps even more wild is the fact that 22 is an immigration code and status for children of lawful permanent residents. C22 is

a lawful permanent resident or permanent resident alien would certainly put this story on the radar of every resident immigrant and anyone planning to migrate to to the U.S. or California specifically.  

Lawyer J. Bruce Wineman on AVVO replied,

It means you obtained your green card as a child of a lawful permanent resident.

While Mohammed Akif Saleem explained,

That category denotes the "child of a Lawful Permanent Resident", i.e. "green card" holder, through whom you must have obtained your own LPR "green card" status... 

P22 is also a steel alloy.  

Biblically, the number 22 represents disorder and chaos.