Wildlife seen roaming as the planet’s human population isolates

As billions of people across the planet have retreated indoors to combat the spread of the coronavirus, wildlife roams more freely. Empty streets and the absence of people have made animals bolder while animals normally dependent on tourists, desperately seek food. ABC News 22 April 2020

Spotted all over the world and reported in several media, wild animals are venturing into human habitats. For weeks, coyotes have been spotted on San Francisco’s empty streets. At least one has been seen near the Golden Gate Bridge. Packs of jackals have taken over a park in the heart of Tel Aviv in Israel. Wild boars have been spotted in the Israeli city of Haifa. With Chile under a nighttime curfew, a wild puma was captured wandering around the deserted capital of Santiago. Sea lions have taken over an Argentinian port, some seen sauntering up to a shuttered storefront. Raccoons, prominent in urban areas, are being spotted more frequently, like this one walking in almost a deserted Central Park, April 16, 2020 in New York City. 

And mountain goats who live on the rocky Great Orme in Wales are usually only occasional visitors to the seaside town of Llandudno. They’ve been increasingly drawn to the area by the lack of people during the coronavirus lockdown. New Wales Live reported that Llandudno’s famous goats have become a global sensation during the Covid-19 pandemic and since the lockdown they have now become a common sight in various hotspots around Llandudno, taking full advantage of the quiet streets.  Some of their favourite things to do have been to munch on the foliage on people’s gardens, do a spot of sunbathing within the grounds of the town’s church and hang-out on an area of land known locally as ‘Bog Island’.