News Headline
Biological Diversity Day: Peri-urban living a ‘poisoned chalice’ for city’s caracals
Source
University of Cape Town News
Publication Date
2022-05-21
Research by University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate Dr Gabriella Leighton and colleagues has shown that organochlorine pollutants along Cape Town’s peri-urban fringes are present in concerningly high concentrations in the body tissue of the city’s caracals (or rooikat).