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An endangered wolf spent days searching for a mate. The border wall blocked him.
NBC News ^ | 1-4-22 | Albinson Linares, Noticias Telemundo

Posted on 01/04/2022 12:41:49 PM PST by SJackson

It is the first time researchers have directly observed how border fences hinder the Mexican gray wolf, which is on the verge of extinction

One chilly early morning in November, a wolf roamed southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the southern border of the U.S. He was probably driven by the call for survival and wanted to mate, researchers say.

In his search for a mate or for better opportunities, the wolf tried to cross the dangerous Chihuahuan Desert, a region he knows very well because it has been his species' habitat since time immemorial.

This time, however, he was unable to cross. The barriers that make up the border wall prevented him from crossing the border into Mexico.

“For five days he walked from one place to another. It was at least 23 miles of real distance, but as he came and went, he undoubtedly traveled much more than that,” said Michael Robinson, the director of the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization that defends and monitors species that are in danger of extinction — like this Mexican gray wolf, whom they called Mr. Goodbar.


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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: graywolf; immigration; newmexico
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To: SJackson

How pathetic — even by leftist standards.


21 posted on 01/04/2022 12:49:48 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: SJackson

Morons are writing the news.


22 posted on 01/04/2022 12:50:46 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Vision
Morons are writing the news.

and advising Brandon

23 posted on 01/04/2022 12:52:03 PM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: SJackson

Wolves can mate with coyotes.


24 posted on 01/04/2022 12:52:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SJackson

Oh well. We all have our cross to bear.


25 posted on 01/04/2022 12:52:44 PM PST by lee martell
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To: SJackson

Somebody tell this fraud that US does not run west out of Las Cruces.
It’s western terminus is West Fargo, ND.


26 posted on 01/04/2022 12:53:45 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (This is NOT a pandemic of the unvaxx'd. It is a complete loss of common sense.)
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To: SJackson

Brought to you by the same people who advocate for murder of the unborn and live birth abortion based on choice.


27 posted on 01/04/2022 12:53:46 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Vision
Morons are writing the news.

And more morons are reading it, and accepting it as gospel.

28 posted on 01/04/2022 12:56:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

US10...

I hate my fingers!


29 posted on 01/04/2022 12:56:33 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (This is NOT a pandemic of the unvaxx'd. It is a complete loss of common sense.)
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To: SJackson

That is just about the most stupid story I’ve seen...


30 posted on 01/04/2022 1:00:16 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: SJackson

The Three ‘S’ rule applies to wolves...


31 posted on 01/04/2022 1:00:45 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: SJackson

Well, then we’d better let 300,000 in per month instead of the sad, pathetic figures we now have.


32 posted on 01/04/2022 1:01:39 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: SJackson

“the Mexican gray wolf, which is on the verge of extinction”

The “Mexican” gray wolf is pretty much identical to every other subspecies of gray wolf and those are definitely in no danger of extinction.


33 posted on 01/04/2022 1:01:50 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: noiseman

Thread winner!


34 posted on 01/04/2022 1:02:22 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: MrRelevant

Leftards would say “she deserved it because milk represents white supremecy and bovine cruelty.”


35 posted on 01/04/2022 1:02:41 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: SJackson

Maybe there is a donkey in Mexico he can mate with. I hear they aint too particular:-)


36 posted on 01/04/2022 1:03:50 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: SJackson

What a tearjerker. This is almost as bad as reading about the baby polar bear stuck on the melting ice burg.


37 posted on 01/04/2022 1:04:05 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: SJackson

38 posted on 01/04/2022 1:04:55 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: noiseman

Good one lol.


39 posted on 01/04/2022 1:05:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: JBW1949

The story about the animal kingdom now flourishing because there are fewer vehicle/boat transportation due to the lockdowns is a runner up.


40 posted on 01/04/2022 1:05:38 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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