America's Wild Urban Frontier

13 April 2004 - 2:00pm

How "Bambi" became a "rat with hooves".

"Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play, eat shrubs, cause traffic jams, and give birth on your front lawn. Whether it is deer in Montana, black bears in New Jersey, mountain lions in California, or bison in Wyoming, wildlife is becoming accustomed to city life, sometimes with tragic results...Development and urban sprawl are partly to blame."

Source: Environmental News Network, April 13, 2004
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