GLOBAL NEWS:
(CNA reporter Lin Honghan, Los Angeles, 21st) The California government and private sector have joined forces to spend US$92 million (approximately NT$2.8 billion) to build the world’s largest animal ecological bridge in Los Angeles, spanning a 10-lane highway, in an effort to save the endangered cougar.
In recent years, there have been frequent reports of cougars entering communities in Los Angeles. There have been horrifying news stories such as a 5-year-old boy being dragged into the woods and an 11-year-old girl being tackled in her backyard. However, the underlying reason is that human development has fragmented their habitat, causing the cougar population to become endangered.