Urban Ecology

Domestic Cats, Wild Bobcats And Pumas Living In Same Area Have Same Diseases

7 Feb 2012

May bring them into human homes, bridging "infection gap" between people and wildlife Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases. And domestic cats may bring them into human homes, according to results of a study of what happens when big and small cats cross paths. Initial results of the multi-year study are published today in the scientific journal ...

Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases

6 Feb 2012

( National Science Foundation ) The joint National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program funded the study. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research. It provides evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases ...

Lisbon Food Village proposal could boost West Side neighborhoods

6 Feb 2012

Residents in the West Side neighborhoods of Lenox Heights. Enderis Park and Enderis East have learned that there is a proposal to transform three adjacent, vacant properties on the 6600 block of West Lisbon Avenue into the sustainable Lisbon Food Village, an urban farming and food co-op.