Despite the prevalence of these critters all around the area, University of Arizona groundskeeper Greta Dawson has noted a considerable lack of their presence on campus. “Can you believe that the last time Javelinas wandered onto campus was nearly a century ago? Have we really become that much less inviting?” Said the *single 66-year old gardener and former design consultant.
(*She told me to add that she’s single)
Dawson raised a good point, one which the university has been attempting to address with various renovations and renewed layout schemes of green spaces. Despite the inclusion of 3 new cacti species to the E University boulevard walkways. The peccaries still tend to stray some distance to the central school grounds.
