Korinna Domingo
Television
California Mountain Lions on the BBC
Follow the Mountain Lion Foundation's Conservation Specialist Korinna Domingo to the mountains of Southern California with the BBC Travel Show in search of wild lions whose lives are threatened by human activity. This episode takes place in Los Angeles where mountain lions share space with over 12 million people. Here, the Mountain Lion Foundation fights to reduce habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict. | Original video: BBC
CBS How to Survive: A Mountain Lion Attack
Encounters with mountain lions are rare. But if you hike or bike in mountain lion habitat, your family's understanding of the biology and behavior of mountain lions can enhance your safety. Mountain Lion Foundation's Conservation Specialist tells you how to stay safe on this week's episode of How to Survive. | Original Video: CBS
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Videos
National Park Service
Timelapse: Building a Lion-Proof Enclosure
A livestock enclosure demonstration pen was built at the "Living in Mountain Lion Country" workshop in November 2016 at Paramount Ranch. This timelapse represents about one hour. The materials cost about $600. It was built by park rangers, volunteers, and representatives from the Mountain Lion Foundation, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation's design.
Original video: National Park Service
Citizen Science Symposium
Human dimensions & citizen science:
using remote sensing cameras to mitigate wildlife conflicts
Lightning Talk that Korinna Domingo and Ron Dean presented at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Citizen Science Symposium as part of Mountain Lion Foundation’s WildCameras program.
Safer Livestock, Safer Lions
A happy ending for mountain lion P-56, after a hard-working long weekend, thanks to Senator Henry Stern, Thousand Oaks Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Peña, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and most of all... a kind landowner who secured her livestock and saved a lion. Thanks as well to Assemblymember Richard Bloom for his tireless year-long effort to change law and policy so that lions need not always be killed for preying on livestock.
Journey With Mountain Lion P-55
Mountain Lion Foundation first met P-55 when he was a young, dispersing male trying to find his own territory. Here is the story.
Podcasts
WildiZe Podcast
American Lion: When is enough... enough?
The elusive, solitary and imperiled American Lion: Puma concolor, cougar, panther, ghost cat, is the largest of the small cat species and roamed the full range of the continental United States and Europe, that is until the late 1600s when practically every nation on earth put out a bounty on them. With our guests Lynn Cullen and Korinna Domingo of the Mountain lion foundation, we discuss the current threats facing this enigmatic cat of many names. For more info, visit the podcast website.
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Mountain Lion Foundation
"SB 132 requires the use of nonlethal procedures when a mountain lion accidentally wanders into an urban area and poses no threat to the public," says Korinna Domingo, Conservation Specialist at the Mountain Lion Foundation. SB 132 went into effect in January of 2014. "Many lions have benefited from this piece of legislation already."
Young Santa Barbara Lion Gets Another Chance
Atlas Obscura
Mountain lions are territorial animals, and researchers are interested to know whether they will form the same boundaries when they return to their habitats. “A lot of the lions’ home ranges are right on top of each other in such a confined space in Santa Monicas,” says Korinna Domingo. “It’ll be really interesting to see how those lions re-establish territories."
How Does California’s Wildlife Cope With Massive Wildfires?
The Jaguar
“Mountain lions are not necessarily endangered per se. However, take into account their historic range across North America and acknowledge that lions have been extirpated from the entire Eastern United States with an exception of the Florida panthers.” Ms. Domingo also stressed that Endangered Species listings are complicated, and a species’ absence from the list does not mean that all is well.
World Wildlife Day Spotlight: The Mountain Lion Foundation
The Malibu Times
California State Senator Henry Stern in a November meeting with staff biologist Diana Lakeland (center) and conservation specialist Korinna Domingo with the Mountain Lion Foundation.
Local Mountain Lions Now Get Three Strikes
Messenger Mountain News
Photography by Korinna Domingo
Can we share the mountains? Living in Harmony
National Wildlife Federation Magazine
Photography by Korinna Domingo
Learning to Live with Mountain Lions
California DFW
Photography by Korinna Domingo
Science Spotlight: Warner Mountains Black Bear Project
Humboldt State NOW
Domingo believes diversity and inclusion are more than good practice. They’re vital for the future of the wildlife field. “In order for the wildlife field to remain relevant in an age of rapid change we have to diversify,” she says. “Scientists need to increase access to scientific information and extend outreach efforts to underrepresented communities using creative methods. Youth need role models, and we need diverse perspectives.”
Where Science, Diversity, and Inclusion Issues Meet
I Run Far
“You have to assess the situation to know when to start backing away,” says Korinna Domingo, a conservation specialist with the foundation. “You need to establish that you’re not prey before you start backing away, especially if the mountain lion is exhibiting stalking behavior. Basically, the steps are: I see you. I’m not prey. Now I’m backing away.”
A Trail Runner’s Guide to Mountain Lion Encounters