Urban vulnerabilities

In March and April 2020, social media and news were awash with images of wildlife in cities under lockdown. As city residents sheltered in their homes, other less likely urban dwellers ventured out onto the streets. Dolphins and swans returned to seemingly crystal clear canals in Venice. Deer frolicked in the streets of Nara prefecture in Japan. Macaques roamed the streets in large crowds in Lobpuri, Thailand. Residents reported wild boar in Berlin, coyotes in San Francisco and mountain lions in Santiago.