Bobcats benefit both human and ecological health, but their growing populations are often misunderstood

Mongabay
Feb 11, 2025, 3:42 pm730 ptsHot
The bobcat population has rebounded over the past 125 years, making it North America’s most common wildcat: as of 2011, there were an estimated 3.5 million bobcats in the United States alone, a significant increase from the late 1990s. These intelligent felids, Lynx rufus, have benefited from conservation…

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