Research overview: global spread of rodenticide exposure in wild felids

Documented first in southern California felids and later in Cape Town caracals, anticoagulant-rodenticide exposure in wild cats has emerged as a global phenomenon wherever predators hunt poisoned rodents near human settlement. This overview synthesises the expanding toxicology literature on exposure prevalence, the immune and mortality consequences, and the food-web pathways carrying second-generation anticoagulants into bobcats, pumas, caracals and other felids. It examines the convergent policy debates over restricting these compounds across continents and the role of research in driving reform. The synthesis frames rodenticide contamination as a worldwide threat uniting urban felid conservation across diverse cities.