Beth Pratt is the California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation. She joined forces without a local wildlife organizations and launched a campaign called Save LA Cougars. The group planned to erase awareness and do more research on the local mountain lion population. But their main goal was to build a massive first of its kind urban wildlife crossing.
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