Researchers fear Chile copper project may threaten rare Andean cat population

Mongabay
Oct 23, 2025, 7:33 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded population of Andean cat, an endangered species and one of the rarest felines in the Americas. To protect its…

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