The situation did not look good: Inside the Los Angeles Zoo, a koala enclosure was missing one member - an elderly female named Killarney. Outside, mutilated marsupial parts lay in a bloody heap. And, on surveillance footage from the zoo's trap cameras, there were black and white images showing the likely killer right near the scene of the crime: the seven-year-old, sandy-haired mountain lion P-22. Sure, the evidence was circumstantial - no one saw P-22 attack the koala. But it would have been enough to convict Los Angeles's most famous feline resident, and the sentence for koalacide can be severe. Luckily for P-22 and his fans, the zoo has declared it will not seek the death penalty - or...
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