{"id":246690,"date":"2025-05-19T04:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T04:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/trumps-new-border-wall-will-threaten-wildlife-in-an-area-where-few-people-pass-us-mexico-border\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T04:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T04:37:28","slug":"trumps-new-border-wall-will-threaten-wildlife-in-an-area-where-few-people-pass-us-mexico-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=246690","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass | US-Mexico border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Donald Trump is forging ahead with a new section of border wall that will threaten wildlife in a remote area where many rare animals \u2013 but very few people \u2013 roam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/azbex.com\/planning-development\/cbp-planning-new-25-mile-border-wall-segment\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has invited<\/a> private sector companies to bid for contracts to erect nearly 25 miles of barrier on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-mexico-border\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US-Mexico border<\/a>, across the unwalled San Rafael Valley south of Tucson, Arizona, one of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontierbotany.info\/projects\/madrean-sky-islands\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> most biodiverse regions<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Here, vast rolling grasslands stretch across high desert, hemmed in to the east and west by rugged, isolated mountain ranges known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/chir\/learn\/nature\/sky-islands.htm\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">sky islands<\/a> because they rise abruptly and spectacularly out of the arid flatness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThis is a crucial wildlife corridor,\u201d said Eamon Harrity, wildlife program manager for the Sky Island Alliance, a conservation non-profit, while driving along a dirt road towards the cottonwood tree-lined Santa Cruz River that flows towards Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">A nearby<strong> <\/strong>motion-triggered wildlife camera, one of 65 operated by the alliance just in this section of the border, where there is a lengthy gap in the barrier, captures thousands of images of wild animals, including bears, bobcats, pronghorns and mountain lions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cLarge predators and other animals move freely through this landscape,\u201d said Harrity, as he replaced the batteries of a trail camera pointed toward the wide open-landscape that, on a map, would show the border with Mexico. Harrity assists in monitoring more than 110 cameras across a wider area for an alliance study that began in 2020 to record the effects of Trump\u2019s barrier on cross-border movements for local wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThat [movement] won\u2019t happen once the wall is complete,\u201d he added of that stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">That completion now looks set to become a reality. \u201cCBP is soliciting bids for construction of 24.7 miles of border barrier around International Boundary Monument 102 in the Sonoita Border Patrol Station area of responsibility,\u201d a CBP spokesperson told the Guardian in an email, referring to the small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/politics\/border-issues\/2024\/12\/31\/monuments-mark-us-mexico-border-in-arizona\/77358288007\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">stone obelisks, or monuments<\/a>, that have traditionally been dotted along the international line.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"InteractiveBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/uploader\/embed\/2025\/05\/archive-zip\/giv-325542i7u1n9lzeZt\/&quot;,&quot;scriptUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/iframe-wrapper\/0.1\/boot.js&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A satellite map of the stretch of the Arizona\/Mexico border where CBP has proposed building a new pedestrian border wall.&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;dde5515a-9b43-42d1-a221-61e0dbe62cca&quot;,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false}\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"dde5515a-9b43-42d1-a221-61e0dbe62cca\" class=\"element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-w422y2\" data-alt=\"A satellite map of the stretch of the Arizona\/Mexico border where CBP has proposed building a new pedestrian border wall.\" data-testid=\"interactive-element-A%20satellite%20map%20of%20the%20stretch%20of%20the%20Arizona\/Mexico%20border%20where%20CBP%20has%20proposed%20building%20a%20new%20pedestrian%20border%20wall.\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/uploader\/embed\/2025\/05\/archive-zip\/giv-325542i7u1n9lzeZt\/\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\">A satellite map of the stretch of the Arizona\/Mexico border where CBP has proposed building a new pedestrian border wall.<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Outside the San Rafael valley, the stretches of border wall designed to keep people out of the US with 30ft-high steel posts spaced just four inches apart are impassable to anything larger than a jackrabbit, the speedy, long-legged hares typical of the area. Once this valley is walled, too, it will sever a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/article\/illegal-border-barrier-threatens-wildlife-arizona-mexico-border\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">critical wildlife corridor<\/a> for animals migrating between Mexico and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Erick Meza, borderlands coordinator for the Sierra Club environmental advocacy group, said walling the valley would be \u201ccatastrophic for the environment and wildlife\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">On 27 April, the US House of Representatives homeland security committee unveiled its proposed budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tax-cuts-bill-deportations-asylum-fee-68e358a73e01941af50984de8c85ea31\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">allocating $46.5bn<\/a> to fund new chunks of barrier on the almost 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/jan\/15\/us-mexico-border-trump-wall-dispatch\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">building a wall<\/a> was a focus and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/may\/02\/trump-border-wall-expansion-increase-injuries\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">highly vexed<\/a> issue in the first Trump administration and is <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5180267-jd-vance-donald-trump-border-wall-2029\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">far from complete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The new push for more wall comes as unauthorized crossings by people migrating to the US through or from Mexico had been falling fast last year after Joe Biden tightened restrictions and have now reached historic lows. This was noted by CBP and trumpeted with inflammatory language by the Trump White House, even as the president spoke of \u201cinvasion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cEven when numbers were the highest, people were crossing in areas that already had a border wall,\u201d said Meza. \u201cSan Rafael valley never saw those numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Critics are furious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cIt\u2019s an expensive, unnecessary, and environmentally disastrous project,\u201d said Harrity of the barrier, which can cost up to $30m per mile. \u201cIf completed, this wall will sever a continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Successful legal challenges to federal actions on the border can be difficult, but opponents are intensively researching their options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">And tall metal boundaries, which not only impede animals but, when under construction and being patrolled, cause <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arizona-border-wall-damage-mountains-7986864266a6fc2764c671533957d958\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">huge damage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/dec\/29\/trump-border-wall-water-fish-species-threatened\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">disruption<\/a>, are not the only worry for wildlife advocates. Trump has also announced a plan to further use the military and take over vast swaths of public lands along the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">A presidential memorandum in April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/01\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-the-states-and-the-american-people-by-closing-the-border-to-illegals-via-proclamation\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">directed the transfer<\/a> of a 60ft-wide strip of federal land running along the border in California, Arizona and New Mexico, known as the Roosevelt reservation, to US military control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">That could mean new military bases and staging areas which, state actions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/05\/texas-mexico-border-immigration-strategy-environmental-devastation\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Texas have shown<\/a>, create environmental havoc.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"4bf1daf7-adcf-4b16-9850-93caed2c4efa\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:20,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018Why doesn\u2019t anybody care?\u2019 Texas-Mexico border devastated by anti-migrant operation&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;4bf1daf7-adcf-4b16-9850-93caed2c4efa&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/05\/texas-mexico-border-immigration-strategy-environmental-devastation&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Myles Traphagen, borderlands director for the Wildlands Network, is concerned that large military facilities could be constructed in the region, further enhancing the human footprint of an already militarized border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cIt\u2019s an invasion,\u201d said Traphagen. \u201cAn invasion of our public lands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Mark Nevitt, an Emory University School of Law professor, said the president appeared intent on an unprecedented use of \u201cnational security language associated with executive power, [such as] \u2018invasion\u2019 and \u2018under attack\u2019, that appears to expand the military\u2019s role in immigration enforcement\u201d. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/111022\/national-defense-area-southern-border\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">also fears<\/a> that Pentagon funds will be funneled into more wall building on land to be designated as \u201cnational defense areas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Noah Schramm, border policy strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, called the intended step-change in militarization \u201cuniquely alarming\u201d and warned that troops could be used to apprehend migrants and civilians alike for allegedly illegally entering a restricted military area<\/p>\n<figure id=\"57104361-0f83-4ebc-9711-8201dbc35cc2\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1tx6u99\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A section of unfinished border wall in 2021.<\/span> Photograph: Zuma\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">In Arizona, 63% of the border has already been sealed off and the remaining open sections are critical for wildlife, with the San Rafael valley being one of the last intact expanses of Sonoran desert grasslands in the state. The area\u2019s rugged Huachuca and Patagonia mountains, part of the Sky Island range, serve as stepping stones across a harsh desert by offering a range of habitats, food sources and water for animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThe biodiversity here is incredible,\u201d said Meza, of the Sierra Club. As well as bears, mountain lions and wolves there are subtropical species such as the wild pig-like javelina, and rare big cats \u2013 ocelots and jaguars, with natural ranges of hundreds of miles between countries in search of food, water and mates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThis is at the heart of all these different ecosystems coming together,\u201d Meza added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">As Harrity of the Sky Island Alliance drove his battered red pickup through the wilderness he passed a lone pronghorn, the strange, antelope-like creature that is the fastest land mammal in the Americas. The San Rafael valley was entering year three of a severe drought, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cWhen it rains, it can look like Scotland,\u201d he said. In dry times like now, the valley looks more like the African savanna, with rolling hills of native grasses awash in soft yellows, oranges and rusts. \u201cA study in browns,\u201d he added, bouncing along toward the only greenery visible \u2013 cottonwood trees lining the Santa Cruz River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Harrity said that as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-crisis\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">climate crisis<\/a> exacerbates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/sep\/12\/us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">drought in<\/a> the south-west, wildlife in the border region will need to range farther and farther seeking food and water. In 2021 a Mexican grey wolf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/story\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/lone-wolf-no-more-mr-goodbar-traveling-with-female-near-gila-forest\/65409743007\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">known as Mr Goodbar<\/a> paced 23 miles along the border wall searching for a place to cross into Mexico. After days, he finally gave up and returned to the Gila wilderness area in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThe last thing we should be doing right now is walling off corridors and severing connectivity,\u201d Harrity said.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"InteractiveBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/from-tool\/looping-video\/index.html?poster-image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fjavelina-cannot-cross_full.jpg&amp;mp4-video=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fjavelina-cannot-cross-2.mp4&quot;,&quot;scriptUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/iframe-wrapper\/0.1\/boot.js&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A javelina is seen on a trail cam attempting to squeeze through a portion of existing border wall in 2023.  &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;showcase&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;a9c3a034-42bd-4a20-8574-72262b5cd338&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A javelina is seen on a trail cam attempting to squeeze through a portion of existing border wall in 2023. Video: Sky Island Alliance\/Wildlands Network&quot;,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false}\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"a9c3a034-42bd-4a20-8574-72262b5cd338\" class=\"element element-interactive element--showcase element-showcase dcr-plc7e\" data-alt=\"A javelina is seen on a trail cam attempting to squeeze through a portion of existing border wall in 2023.  \" data-testid=\"interactive-element-A%20javelina%20is%20seen%20on%20a%20trail%20cam%20attempting%20to%20squeeze%20through%20a%20portion%20of%20existing%20border%20wall%20in%202023.%20%20\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\"><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/from-tool\/looping-video\/index.html?poster-image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fjavelina-cannot-cross_full.jpg&amp;mp4-video=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fjavelina-cannot-cross-2.mp4\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\">A javelina is seen on a trail cam attempting to squeeze through a portion of existing border wall in 2023.  <\/a><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1tx6u99\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A javelina is seen on a trail cam attempting to squeeze through a portion of existing border wall in 2023. Video: Sky Island Alliance\/Wildlands Network<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The Santa Cruz River is a vital animal migration corridor that meanders into Mexico and back to Arizona. \u201cThe river will now be walled on both legs of its journey,\u201d said Harrity. A nearby wildlife camera recently captured a video of a mountain lion carrying its prize, a dead coyote, into Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The valley is almost devoid of people. And it lacks the telltale signs of migration in the borderlands: ripped clothes on bushes, discarded backpacks and empty water bottles. In five years, a camera by the river has never captured an image of a migrant crossing into the US, even though it\u2019s one of the few parts of the valley with shade and water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">On a hill above the river an agent in a white and green border patrol SUV looked on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Then in New Mexico, to the east, near the small town of Columbus, Traphagen of Wildlands Network pointed from a hilltop brightened by red-flowered ocotillo plants to the longest contiguous section of border wall in the US. Eighty miles of three-story-high posts cutting through sand dunes and volcanic hills like a giant serpent, all the way to El Paso, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">As the spring wind picked up, the steel pillars began to reverberate and hum. \u201cWhen the wind really gets going, it sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/news.arizona.edu\/news\/researchers-solve-mystery-tuvan-throat-singing\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Tuvan throat singers<\/a>,\u201d said Traphagen of the central Asian singers who can produce a low vocal rumble and a high whistle-like tone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ufG9S6X8FDM\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">at the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Many of the Wildlands Network\u2019s trail cameras are pointed toward \u201cconstruction anomalies,\u201d said Traphagen, where posts have been mistakenly placed five or six inches apart instead of the usual four. Those extra 2ins do not affect human crossing but can allow animals, such as javelina and coyotes, at least, to pass through. That subtle difference would also reduce the number of posts needed to build the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/gop-donor-tommy-fisher-construction-firm-under-audit-by-dod-gets-largest-border-wall-contract-ever\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">hugely expensive border wall<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s probably $30m worth of steel there,\u201d said Traphagen, pointing in passing to an abandoned construction staging area from the previous Trump administration containing thousands of steel pillars stacked like the kids\u2019 building toy Lincoln Logs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Other trail cameras are placed near open floodgates, resulting from a<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.org\/border-wall-will-let-wildlife-pass\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> 2023 lawsuit<\/a> requiring the border patrol to open intermittent gates in the barrier to allow larger animals to pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThis camera has captured over 1,000 videos, and we have never seen a person crossing through,\u201d said Traphagen. It points along a sandy wash marked with the paw prints of rabbits, coyotes and badgers. Of the eight cameras checked during one long outing at the New Mexico border, only one had captured any evidence of migrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">But in a 2024 study by the Wildlands Network and Sky Islands Alliance, motion-activated cameras along 100 miles of walled<strong> <\/strong>border showed an 86% decrease in wildlife crossings and a 100% reduction for animals such as wolves, bears, pronghorns, and jaguars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cThe Trump administration would rather score cheap political points and a favorable Fox News headline than solve a problem. Instead of wasting taxpayers\u2019 dollars, undermining military readiness and jeopardizing American families\u2019 safety, Trump and [Elon] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/elon-musk\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Musk<\/a> should focus on actually fixing our broken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/usimmigration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">immigration<\/a> system,\u201d said Martin Heinrich, US senator for New Mexico and a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cNew Mexicans who live on the border want actual solutions, like creating new legal pathways for immigration, investing in effective border security for law enforcement, and addressing the root causes of mass migration,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Back in the San Rafael valley, Traphagen noted that, on top of everything, parts of the original 1955 movie of the musical Oklahoma! were filmed in this beautiful spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cIt will be a tragedy to see a pristine grassland \u2026 turned into a military zone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"InteractiveBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/from-tool\/looping-video\/index.html?poster-image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fmountain-lion_cannot-pass_0015_full.jpg&amp;mp4-video=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fmountain-lion_cannot-pass_0015.MP4&quot;,&quot;scriptUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/iframe-wrapper\/0.1\/boot.js&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A mountain lion is unable to pass a section of the border wall in November.&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;showcase&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;f2a1668e-7f77-49ea-a220-a8c992f89078&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A mountain lion is unable to pass a section of the border wall in November. Video: Sky Island Alliance\/Wildlands Network&quot;,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false}\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"f2a1668e-7f77-49ea-a220-a8c992f89078\" class=\"element element-interactive element--showcase element-showcase dcr-plc7e\" data-alt=\"A mountain lion is unable to pass a section of the border wall in November.\" data-testid=\"interactive-element-A%20mountain%20lion%20is%20unable%20to%20pass%20a%20section%20of%20the%20border%20wall%20in%20November.\" data-spacefinder-role=\"showcase\"><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/embed\/from-tool\/looping-video\/index.html?poster-image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fmountain-lion_cannot-pass_0015_full.jpg&amp;mp4-video=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.guim.co.uk%2F2025%2F05%2F13%2Fmountain-lion_cannot-pass_0015.MP4\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\">A mountain lion is unable to pass a section of the border wall in November.<\/a><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1tx6u99\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A mountain lion is unable to pass a section of the border wall in November. 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