Wildlife hits the wall
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The pronghorn lives in the area between the US and mexico. The increasing number of illegal immigrants and human activities along the border of the the US and Mexico, has forced the US government put up fences to discourage the activity. The construction of these fences are deemed harmful to the animals because they prevent genetic mixing and drive animals to degraded habitats.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2007
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Trump of the trumpeter
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Hunting and habitat loss had nearly extirpated the trumpeter in the United States by the early 1900s, except for a small population that survived in the Rocky Mountains Areas of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. A wild trumpeter can live for approximately 15 years in the wild and up to 20 years in captivity.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2004
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A world under a rock: when the tide withdraws in the upper Gulf of California, a living laboratory of marine animals is uncovered
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The article describes the wide variety of marine life that can be found in the tie pools along the eastern shore of Mexico's Gulf of California. These include crabs, anemones, hydroids, sand dollars, octopods, sea hares, sea urchins, and pistol shrimp.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2003
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