{"id":594930,"date":"2026-08-24T23:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/594930\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:30:25","slug":"crimson-the-mountain-lion-cub-abandoned-by-mom-has-leg-amputated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/594930\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson the mountain lion cub, abandoned by mom, has leg amputated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Abandoned by his mother, mountain lion cub Crimson<\/a> was rescued earlier this year by wildlife officials and transferred to the Los Angeles Zoo with hopes for his full recovery.<\/p>\n

The 3-week-old kitten was found in his den on March 25. He had lost 10% of his body weight and had several of his toes missing on a hind leg, which zoo officials said happened in the wild. His overall condition was considered healthy, yet still subpar. Crimson was sent to the Oakland Zoo, where caretakers bottle-fed him around the clock.<\/p>\n

During his initial days, zoo officials<\/a> said that Crimson\u2019s health was \u201cat a delicate stage,\u201d and would require close monitoring. Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.<\/p>\n

But officials said protecting his injured leg became \u201cdifficult.\u201d Though a brace was used, it became clear to Crimson\u2019s caretakers that his paw couldn\u2019t bear weight.<\/p>\n

After several months of treatment, zoo officials said the decision was made to amputate Crimson\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmputating the affected limb [gives] him the best chance for long-term comfort and mobility,\u201d zoo officials shared in a Facebook post<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So far, Crimson, now about 5\u00bd months old, seems to be getting along well on three legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrimson has proven to be incredibly resilient,\u201d the zoo said, \u201creturning almost immediately to the curious, energetic behavior expected of a growing cub.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crimson is the latest mountain lion cub to be rescued at the Oakland Zoo. Last year<\/a>, zoo officials took in a trio of 3-month-old cubs, Fern, Thistle, and Spruce, after their mom was likely struck and killed by a car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abandoned by his mother, mountain lion cub Crimson was rescued earlier this year by wildlife officials and transferred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[85,46,141,386],"class_list":["post-594930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}