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  1. In the last 125 years, bobcats have recovered significantly from extremely low numbers, with several million individuals found throughout North America today.

    Bobcats help reduce the spread of diseases from animals to humans partly because they and other large mammals are poor disease vectors. Bobcats also prey on the small rodents that easily transmit pathogens.

    By Christine Woodside
    news.mongabay.com/2024/11/bobc

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #smallcats #Animals

  2. Muñoa’s Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina.

    With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for cropland.

    By Sarah Brown
    news.mongabay.com/2024/06/in-b

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #SmallCats #EndangeredSpecies