LOS ANGELES (AP) The famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and was probably struck and injured by a car, wildlife experts who conducted a health examination on the big cat said Tuesday.

The male cougar, whose killing of a leashed dog has raised concerns about its behavior, probably wont be released back into the wild and could be sent to an animal sanctuary or euthanized, depending on its health, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

Nobody is taking that kind of decision lightly, spokesperson Jordan Traverso said during a videoconference. He added the agency understands the importance of this animal to the community and to California, and we recognize the sadness of it.

P-22 was captured and tranquilized on Monday in the trendy Los Feliz neighborhood near his usual haunt of Griffith Park , an island of wilderness and picnic areas in the midst of the Los Angeles urban sprawl.