It took nearly five months of careful rehabilitation to nurse the young male lion back to health without letting it get too dependent on, or comfortable around, people.

A young mountain lion hit by a vehicle in January was released back to the wild in Orange County after nearly five months of rehabilitation at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center, officials said.

A mountain lion that was severely hurt in a car crash earlier this year has been successfully rehabilitated and released back into the wilderness in a remote part of SoCal. The San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center put out a media release stating that the male mountain lion,