A video of a coyote playing with a badger went viral two years ago. The tunnel they are merrily strung through is actually a wildlife crossing. Research shows that there are between one and two million vehicle and large animal collisions every year in the U.S. And thousands of those accidents result in some sort of human injury or death.
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.
Cougar Town