How bobcats protect us from diseases, Mongabay podcast explores

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Mar 24, 2025, 3:49 pm199 ptsTrendingTop
“Bobcats are disease defenders,” Zara McDonald, founder of the U.S.-based conservation nonprofit Felidae Conservation Fund, tells host Mike DiGirolamo on Mongabay’s weekly podcast Newscast in February. Today, bobcats (Lynx rufus) are North America’s most common small wildcat. But this wasn’t always…

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