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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.


(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: graywolf; immigration; newmexico
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To: Mr. K

It’s obvious the wall is racist against Wolves


61 posted on 01/04/2022 1:41:52 PM PST by thepatriot1 (...brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)
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To: noiseman

Or maybe a RoadRunner!! If I was Pedro Goodbar, a coyote is dumber than a RoadRunner?! 🤓


62 posted on 01/04/2022 1:42:53 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: rlmorel

Next they will be advocating voting rights and free healthcare for Wolves


63 posted on 01/04/2022 1:43:06 PM PST by thepatriot1 (...brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)
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To: SJackson
He was probably driven by the call for survival...

Another made up sob story like the polar bears drowning.

64 posted on 01/04/2022 1:43:21 PM PST by pfflier
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To: SJackson

Pardon me but...ROTFLMAO!!


65 posted on 01/04/2022 1:44:11 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Kicked is supposed to be Killed off. Fingers aren’t working...


66 posted on 01/04/2022 1:47:00 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: SJackson

No, the NY governor acts like Pepe le Pew. He came first. But none of those cats complained to HR.


67 posted on 01/04/2022 1:47:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SJackson

Surely there must be a female Mexican Gray Wolf in Mexico.


68 posted on 01/04/2022 1:49:13 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: SJackson

Lighten up Albinson. He’ll eventually find a Mexican girlfriend in Mexico. Wile E. Coyote is taking care of all of the Senorita Wolves in the U.S.


69 posted on 01/04/2022 1:52:19 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: SJackson

It’s a Mexican gray wolf...I would say the border wall did its job. The American gray wolf doesn’t want them illegally crossing our borders.


70 posted on 01/04/2022 1:53:47 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: pfflier
He was probably driven by the call for survival... Another made up sob story like the polar bears drowning.

Just the journalist putting a good face on Mr. Goodbar's horniness. If they said he was just a horny male it would make him sound like a predator. Which he is. A horny predator looking for a mate. That doesn't put a politically correct face on the situation.

71 posted on 01/04/2022 1:54:44 PM PST by SJackson (I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
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To: SJackson

Sounds like a Los Lobos song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJVsUMKftMo


72 posted on 01/04/2022 1:56:02 PM PST by Sleepless in Jerusalem (To: All)
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To: SJackson

I’m heartbroken..


73 posted on 01/04/2022 1:59:26 PM PST by exinnj
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To: SJackson

74 posted on 01/04/2022 2:05:22 PM PST by Trillian
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To: SJackson

Then he isn’t the one to mate with for survival of the fittest. Did he get lost?


75 posted on 01/04/2022 2:08:02 PM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: SJackson

These left wing democrat media hacks are unbelievable.

Idiots.


76 posted on 01/04/2022 2:19:48 PM PST by Pearfect
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To: SJackson

There’s always a dating app.

But seriously, do we need to take the wall down so wolves can find mates? Are you kidding me?


77 posted on 01/04/2022 2:29:27 PM PST by KittyKares (Trump put us in the room; now we're putting ourselves in the room. - Steve Bannon)
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To: SJackson

Serious dilemma for the wolf; when the Coyote delivers the bitch she’ll be knocked up.


78 posted on 01/04/2022 2:42:32 PM PST by tsomer
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To: SJackson

Could they put tracking collars on some Mexicans after they enter the US instead of just catch and release?


79 posted on 01/04/2022 2:45:18 PM PST by glorgau
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To: SJackson

I’ve seen firsthand the damage, destruction and death that wolves can do to livestock, pets and small children, and adults wo/ firearms. Best to SSS any wolf you see.


80 posted on 01/04/2022 3:19:31 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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