Stand for the Wild. Stay Informed.
The U.S.-Mexico border wall doesn’t just divide two countries.
It cuts through some of the most biodiverse land on the continent, severing ancient migration routes that wildlife have followed for millennia. Our research shows that the border wall reduces wildlife movement by 86%. Large animals like black bears and deer can’t pass at all.
The border wall’s impact is no better illustrated than by the story of Mr. Goodbar (also named M1888), a Mexican gray wolf who in 2021 tried to cross the border from the U.S. into Mexico as he dispersed in search of food, territory, and a mate. Just four years earlier, his cousin, M1425, made headlines by making a 600-mile journey in 32 days from Chihuahua, Mexico, through New Mexico’s Las Cruces mountains and back — crossing the border twice in the process.
However, by the time Mr. Goodbar got to the border, he met a very different reality than his cousin had in the exact same location: 30-foot-tall steel beams. For 3 days, he paced along the impenetrable wall without finding a way through. Shortly after he turned back into New Mexico, he was shot. Little did he know, the stretch he paced went on for 99 miles of newly constructed wall built in 2019 and 2020.
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