Pumas
Puma concolor
Status: Least Concern | Population Trend: Decreasing | Estimated Populations Size: Unknown
Dead end
Daniela Barbani is an artist in Los Angeles, whose artwork focuses on wildland-urban interface and society's effects on the wildlife. Her work combines screen printing and relief printmaking. Her Dead End project consists of 75/80 signs. Each sign is of a cougar in Los Angeles that has a radiocollar. Every time a cougar dies, the corresponding sign is flipped to commemorate the passing. The signs start with P-1 and go to P-80. the signs that show the cougar face, and number are cougars that have passed. The silver signs are of living cougars. Daniela says that this project is incomplete and will continue to be incomplete because it is ongoing as long as cougars are living in Los Angeles.
You can follow her on Instagram at @artinthemachine
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Ways You can Help Pumas
The National Wildlife Federation currently has a #SaveLACougars campaign to protect cougars in the Los Angeles area. All proceeds from items purchased on their website goes to the fund to build the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing, that is scheduled to break ground in 2021!
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