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Miguel Ordinana is a wildlife biologist who studies animals inside the city of Los Angeles. He used trail cams as part of his research for the US Forest Service, monitoring the animals that called the park home. This time around he didn't see any coyotes or foxes. Instead, he saw something even more extraordinary: A Puma butt.

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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