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Biological Diversity Day: Peri-urban living a ‘poisoned chalice’ for city’s caracals

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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).

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https://www.news.uct.ac.za/news/research-office/-article/2022-05-20-biological-diversity-day-peri-urban-living-a-poisoned-chalice-for-citys-caracals