{
  "id": 1936233,
  "title": "Cape Town's caracals expose a hidden rat poison problem for the city's wildlife",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/cape-towns-caracals-expose-a-hidden-rat-poison-problem-for-the-citys",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cape-town-caracals-expose-hidden.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rat poisons used in homes, businesses and on farms are moving into South Africa's wildlife, according to new research from the Urban Caracal Project, a key research and education initiative based in the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) at the University of Cape Town, together with international collaborators from the Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC) and the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}