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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No doubt the ecowankers will be filing suits to prevent construction. Probably a salamander in the way someplace. TFB. Break ground.
I think I need a million dollar grant to study the effects of gated communities.
Wildlife = MS13 gang members
Thinking very out of the box here (the litter box, that is), install cat doors on the wall.
The animals should be smart enough to know which side they can survive on.
Queue the “Leave the Mexican Snail Darter Alone!” pic.
It took them THIS LONG to come up with this? Yeesh!
My ex-wife was a yellow bellied tit warbler.
I wish she would move to Mexico and get walled out.
Never fear, wildlife will adapt and evolve. We’ll soon see wall lizards, wall rats, wall snakes, etc.
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.
but extreme beneficial for American citizens...
If the animal deserves to live it will adapt to its surroundings
But locking up animals in small cages in zoos across the country is ok.
“catastrophe”!?!? Another end of world event. The stupidity of the left’s mind.
***Defenders of Wildlife.***
These creeps are good reason to build the wall.
They can adapt or die. Isn’t that nature’s way?
it will keep out a lot of snakes and vermin
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!!!
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