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The Urban Caracal Project: Exploring how wild caracals persist in a rapidly urbanizing landscape

By Laurel Serieys, Jacqueline Bishop, M. Justin O'Riain, Christopher Wilmers, Helen Turnbull, Shaelynn Sleater-Squires, Joleen Broadfield, Justin Johnson, Payton Phillips, Katy Seeberger, Benji Ngumbao James Vanbaelenberghe, and Austin Merical
Backed by Roxanna Erickson, Nancy Vandermey, John Pollinger, Karen Matsushima, Michael Calvin, Devan Sewell, David M, R. KANNO, Roxane Lebrun, Sepp Disch, and 109 other backers
University of Cape Town
South Africa
BiologyEcology
DOI: 10.18258/7005
Grant: Cats
$7,385
Raised of $5,000 Goal
147%
Funded on 6/18/16
Successfully Funded
  • $7,385
    pledged
  • 147%
    funded
  • Funded
    on 6/18/16
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Lab Notes

Tags:

Firee, GPS dataDiet investigationGPS clustersradio-collar dataDispersal, radio-collars, behaviorroadkill, threats to survival, roadscrossing roads, GPS data, juvenile malescaracal kitten, denning, reproduction
More project footage: We released Prospero from his...
June 16, 2016
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Caracal kittens show us new life comes with spring even...
June 15, 2016
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The resilience of wild cats in the face of fires
June 11, 2016
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Rat poisons have far reach
June 10, 2016
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What happens to persecuted predators in the city
June 6, 2016
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Road kill hotspots match road crossing hotspots
June 6, 2016
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Gauntlet running caracal Jasper
June 5, 2016
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Tracking young males as they seek a home of their own
May 26, 2016
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Investigating caracal diet
May 18, 2016
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