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Research overview: GPS and biologging methods for urban felid behaviour
OverviewHigh-resolution GPS tracking combined with accelerometers and other biologgers has transformed the study of how felids behave near people, enabling fine-scale analysis of movement, activity, energetic…
Research overview: caracal conflict with farmers around Cape Town
OverviewBeyond the city edge, caracals occupy farmland and vineyards where predation on small livestock and game generates conflict and retaliatory killing across South Africa. This overview synthesises resea…
Research overview: caracal diet across the Cape Town urban gradient
OverviewCaracals around Cape Town exploit a broad diet that shifts along the gradient from natural fynbos to vineyards and suburbs, taking native birds and mammals as well as human-associated prey such as int…
Research overview: comparing wild felids across the worlds cities
OverviewFrom leopards in Mumbai to pumas in Los Angeles, caracals in Cape Town and fishing cats in Colombo, a remarkable diversity of felids inhabits the worlds cities, offering a comparative window on urban…
Research overview: disease and pathogen exposure in urban-edge caracals
OverviewLiving alongside domestic cats, dogs and people exposes Cape Town caracals to pathogens and parasites that can affect their health. This overview synthesises serological and disease-ecology research o…
Research overview: genetic isolation of the Cape Peninsula caracal population
OverviewThe caracals of the Cape Peninsula occupy a near-island of habitat bounded by ocean, the city of Cape Town and agricultural land, raising concern about genetic isolation analogous to freeway-bounded f…
Research overview: global spread of rodenticide exposure in wild felids
OverviewDocumented 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 rode…
Research overview: landscape genetics methods for urban felid connectivity
OverviewLandscape genetics, combining molecular markers with spatial models, has become essential for detecting how roads and development fragment felid populations and for prioritising connectivity. This ove…
Research overview: managing the protected-area and urban interface for felids
OverviewMany urban felid populations centre on protected areas embedded in or abutting cities, from Sanjay Gandhi National Park to Griffith Park and Table Mountain National Park, making the park-city interfac…
Research overview: public engagement and coexistence messaging for urban caracals
OverviewThe caracal has become a charismatic emblem for urban-wildlife coexistence in Cape Town, and outreach is a deliberate component of its conservation. This overview synthesises work on how citizen-scien…
Research overview: road mortality and movement of Cape Town caracals
OverviewCaracals on the Cape Peninsula range widely across a landscape bisected by busy roads, and vehicle collisions are among the most significant documented causes of death. This overview synthesises GPS-t…
Research overview: rodenticide policy and safer pest control for urban predators
OverviewDocumented anticoagulant exposure in Cape Town caracals has driven advocacy for safer rodent control, echoing regulatory debates in North America over the same compounds. This overview synthesises evi…
Research overview: spatial ecology of caracals around Table Mountain National Park
OverviewGPS-tracking of caracals on the Cape Peninsula has revealed how they configure home ranges across the fragmented landscape of Table Mountain National Park, suburbs, vineyards and coastline. This overv…
Research overview: stable isotopes revealing anthropogenic food in felid diets
OverviewStable-isotope analysis of felid tissues offers a powerful way to quantify how much of a cat diet derives from anthropogenic versus natural sources, complementing scat analysis. This overview synthesi…
Research overview: the Urban Caracal Project on the Cape Peninsula
OverviewWith leopards long gone from the Cape Peninsula, the caracal is the last remaining wild felid predator around Cape Town, and the Urban Caracal Project has made it a flagship for urban wildlife researc…
Research overview: water resources and riparian corridors for urban felids
OverviewWater sources and riparian corridors are disproportionately important to felids in human-dominated landscapes, providing drinking water, prey, cover and movement routes through otherwise hostile devel…
Widespread anticoagulant poison exposure in predators in a rapidly growing African city
PaperThis study from the Urban Caracal Project documented extensive exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides among caracals and other predators in and around Cape Town, South Africa. Screening showed that mo…
Serieys LEK, Bishop J, Okes N, Broadfield J, Winterton DJ, Poppenga RH, Viljoen S, Wayne RK, ORiain MJ · Science of the Total Environment · 2019