Famous Hollywood mountain lion ‘probably won’t be released back into wild’

P-22 in the Griffith Park area near downtown Los Angeles in 2014 (US National Park Service/AP)

A famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion is severely underweight and may have been hit by a car – and could now be put down – wildlife experts have said.

The male cougar, known as P-22, whose recent killing of a dog on a lead raised concerns about its behaviour, probably will not be released back into the wild and could be sent to an animal sanctuary or euthanised, depending on its health, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.