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Trump's border wall would be "catastrophe" for wildlife, expert says
CBS News ^ | March 29, 2017 | By SHANIKA GUNARATNA

Posted on 03/29/2017 2:44:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Trump’s proposed border wall has been hotly debated as a political, economic and human rights issue ever since it emerged as a signature part of his campaign platform. But it’s also a major conservation issue, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin argues.

“The impact will be huge. It will be an environmental catastrophe,” Corwin told CBS News on Wednesday.

Corwin, a nature conservationist known for his television work on the cable network Animal Planet, is concerned that the wall will dramatically disrupt what has been “nature’s corridor through North and South America” for millions of years now.

At least 89 endangered or threatened species would be impacted by the border wall, according to information from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The wall would cut through huge swaths of national parks, wildlife refuges, and pristine estuaries, Corwin said. Animals along the border could see their migration routes blocked, access to important resources curtailed, and water supplies cut off.

The affected animals would include such rare species as the jaguar, Mexican gray wolf, mountain lion, and whitetail deer. All these animals are on the cusp of disappearance to different degrees: the Mexican gray wolf, for instance, is the most endangered subspecies of wolf in the world, according to Defenders of Wildlife.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; illegalaliens; invasion; rabbit; tasty; venison; wall
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No doubt the ecowankers will be filing suits to prevent construction. Probably a salamander in the way someplace. TFB. Break ground.


21 posted on 03/29/2017 2:52:20 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

22 posted on 03/29/2017 2:52:34 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think I need a million dollar grant to study the effects of gated communities.


23 posted on 03/29/2017 2:52:35 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wildlife = MS13 gang members


24 posted on 03/29/2017 2:53:06 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We have the technology to solve this problem.

Thinking very out of the box here (the litter box, that is), install cat doors on the wall.

25 posted on 03/29/2017 2:53:26 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The animals should be smart enough to know which side they can survive on.


26 posted on 03/29/2017 2:53:51 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Queue the “Leave the Mexican Snail Darter Alone!” pic.


27 posted on 03/29/2017 2:54:38 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Is this the old loft with the paint pealng off it?)
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To: Psalm 144
They claimed in Alaska that the Caribou would die off but it increase numbers to much
28 posted on 03/29/2017 2:55:07 PM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It took them THIS LONG to come up with this? Yeesh!


29 posted on 03/29/2017 2:55:30 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Psalm 144
yellow bellied tit warbler

My ex-wife was a yellow bellied tit warbler.

I wish she would move to Mexico and get walled out.

30 posted on 03/29/2017 2:56:20 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Never fear, wildlife will adapt and evolve. We’ll soon see wall lizards, wall rats, wall snakes, etc.


31 posted on 03/29/2017 2:56:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: dp0622

Being trampled by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants’ feet does not do a whole lot for wildlife, either.

The toll on the numbers of rattlesnakes alone being crushed beneath the feet of this swarming horde is horrendous. To say nothing of any number of horned toads, coyotes and road runners.


32 posted on 03/29/2017 2:56:50 PM PDT by alloysteel (John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...

but extreme beneficial for American citizens...


33 posted on 03/29/2017 2:58:05 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the animal deserves to live it will adapt to its surroundings


34 posted on 03/29/2017 3:01:12 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But locking up animals in small cages in zoos across the country is ok.


35 posted on 03/29/2017 3:05:03 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“catastrophe”!?!? Another end of world event. The stupidity of the left’s mind.


36 posted on 03/29/2017 3:05:07 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

***Defenders of Wildlife.***

These creeps are good reason to build the wall.


37 posted on 03/29/2017 3:05:58 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( "You know Caligula?" --- "Worse! Caligula knows me!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They can adapt or die. Isn’t that nature’s way?


38 posted on 03/29/2017 3:06:21 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

it will keep out a lot of snakes and vermin


39 posted on 03/29/2017 3:06:48 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OH MY GOSH!!! Surely don’t hurt the ‘animals’ coming in from Mexico and other places going through Mexico....

ROFL...Build the wall and have windmills on the top of it every so many feet!!!


40 posted on 03/29/2017 3:07:47 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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