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GPS-collaring of fishing cats in Colombo has revealed how individuals thread through a labyrinth of canals, marsh fragments, gardens and roads, exposing the connectivity needs of a wetland predator in…

Engineered canals with steep concrete sides, common in urbanised wetlands, can trap and drown fishing cats and impede their movement, an underappreciated hazard distinct from road mortality. This over…

Climate change interacts with urbanisation to reshape the conditions felids face near cities, altering prey availability, water resources, heat exposure, fire regimes and the viability of corridors. T…

From 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…

Within Colombo, fishing cats exploit a diet centred on fish but extending to rodents, birds, reptiles and human-associated prey available in city wetlands and gardens. This overview synthesises scat a…

Tea, coffee and rubber plantations across South and Southeast Asia form extensive human-modified habitats used by leopards, leopard cats, jungle cats and fishing cats with varying tolerance. This over…

Fishing cats sometimes take poultry and raid fish from ponds and aquaculture, generating conflict with households and farmers whose tolerance affects the species fate in human-dominated wetlands. This…

Beyond Colombo, fishing cats occupy a mosaic of paddy fields, aquaculture, mangroves and peri-urban wetlands from South to Southeast Asia, persisting in human-dominated landscapes wherever wetlands re…

The fishing cat is one of the few wild felids to persist within a Asian capital, surviving in the marshes, canals and waterways threaded through metropolitan Colombo, Sri Lanka. This overview synthesi…

Vehicle collisions are a leading direct cause of death for felids in human-dominated landscapes worldwide, from pumas on Los Angeles freeways to leopard cats on Taiwan rural roads and fishing cats in…

In and around Colombo, vehicle collisions are a frequently recorded cause of death for fishing cats moving between fragmented wetland patches across a dense road network. This overview synthesises roa…

Charismatic and wetland-dependent, the fishing cat has become a flagship species mobilising protection for the marshes and waterways of cities such as Colombo. This overview synthesises conservation-s…

The draining, filling and pollution of wetlands for urban development is the foremost threat to fishing cats across their range, nowhere more starkly than in rapidly growing South Asian cities. This o…

Water 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…

Fishing cats are tightly bound to wetlands, with partially webbed feet and fish-catching behaviour that make them among the most habitat-specialised felids and therefore acutely vulnerable to wetland…