Description: Studying how carnivores live and interact with people across urban and suburban areas in the Seattle region.
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SEATTLE URBAN CARNIVORE PROJECT
Studying how carnivores coexist with people across urban and suburban areas in the Seattle region
Urban spaces and the suburbs that sprawl around them are growing worldwide, pushing some carnivore species into more remote regions, while forcing others to adapt to higher human densities. Increasing contact between humans and carnivores potentially leads to more human-carnivore interactions and increased concerns about risks to humans, whether real or perceived. Continued survival of urban carnivore populations, as well as a sense of security for the public, requires increased understanding of and coexist