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Even in densely urbanized Europe, the wild is accessible, and the van allows us to get closer to places than we could on a conventional hotel vacation.

Second-generation meetings were more public, convening in parks or commercial spaces, taking advantage of a China that was rapidly urbanizing, economically booming, and opening to outsiders.

They benefit from space, sunlight and flexibility — qualities that Los Angeles has in abundance across its 1,600 square miles of urbanized area.

That research has shed light on existential threats facing the big cats eking out an existence in an increasingly urbanized landscape.

“In the U.S., which is highly urbanized and there are laws for sanitation, waste management, etc., the prevalence is substantially low,” Chaccour told Salon in a phone interview.