How mountain lions have benefited from the coronavirus lockdown

California’s mountain lions are key beneficiaries of the coronavirus pandemic, with lighter-than-usual traffic resulting in a 58% reduction in the state’s lion roadkill in the 10 weeks following stay-at-home orders, according to a report released Thursday, June 25, by the UC Davis Road Ecology Center.
The study found that large wildlife killed by vehicles in the three states surveyed — California, Idaho and Maine — were all down substantially. But the findings are particu