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.

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 was nursed back to health and released into the wild this month after surviving a brutal collision with a vehicle in Southern California. The San Diego Humane Society announced the good news on Sunday,