Roxanne Jones: I would imagine just like turning P 22 into a celebrity to make a wildlife crossing happen that a video like this, you know, reinforces that this is an issue that there should be awareness of it. And so knowing these stories and seeing these videos like this, is it really changing the way people are thinking about wildlife crossings when they're doing new construction? The real solution would be to stop building so many dam roads in the first placeso that these animals wouldn't have to cross our busy highways. That's true. It's just a problem that we just don't create. Yeah. Well, thanks again for sharing the story with us, Roxanne. We really
Wildlife and urban development don’t usually go well together. Roads in particular fracture the habitats of wide-ranging animals. It restricts their movements and makes it harder for them to find food or a mate. But biologists and urban planners have started working together –- crafting a plan to try to help pumas move more safely around the city. And in the process this one cat, dubbed P-22, has turned into something of a celebrity—the symbol of a movement to redesign our cities and make the built environment more friendly to animals.
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