Entries categorized as 'Pronghorn'
Cindy, Carlos and Daniel at Guanabe report on a serious proposal in a less than serious manner.
The Environment Department of Mexico has released a report asking the United States to think twice about helpless migratory species before going forward with its proposal to erect a 370 mile super-barrier along the border. (To clarify, said migrant species do not include the homo undocumentado.) Government environmentalists have outlined measures like live cactus fences, removable fences, and permeable fences to allow the following things to cross the border without admitting those pesky humans: water, insects, pollen, jaguars, black bears, and the highly endangered Sonora Pronghorn.
There already is something of an environ-wall down this way, though, and we really don’t need to import security guys:
Categories: Animals · Bears · Big Bend · Border Issues · Bureaucracy · Environment · Fence Coalition · Human Rights · Humor · Indocumentados · Jagarundi · Ocelot · Pronghorn · Texas
Associated Press - June 23, 2007 2:25 PM ET
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - More than 150 American pronghorn fawns were captured on F.E. Warren Air Force Base and shipped to Mexico as part of a program that seeks to revive Sonoran and peninsular pronghorn populations.
The fawns will be kept in wildlife preserves or other protected areas while scientists determine how closely the DNA of American pronghorn match that of Sonoran and peninsular pronghorn.
If they determine that the DNA is suitably similar, then the American pronghorn will be released in the wild with the Sonoran and peninsular pronghorn to breed.
Jon Stephens of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department organized the capture. He says in addition to helping bolster Mexican pronghorn populations, the program helps control pronghorn in Wyoming through nonlethal means.
This is the fourth year Wyoming has sent pronghorns to Mexico for the recovery effort. In all, the state has sent more than 300 American pronghorn to Mexico.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press
Pronghorn are one of my favorite critters… hunting them is a big business down my way, and I had to write about them, so actually learned a few things. They’re not antelope, and not goats, but the unique survivors of a family of animals that died out after the last ice age. They’re the fastest runners on earth, but have one drawback to their survival in the modern age. They can’t jump, so when they run into a fence, they aren’t sure what to do. Insert your own “illegal immigrant” comment here.
I took this photo from my car window with a disposable camera driving commuting down to Marfa… we’re a similar environment and the little guys from Wyoming should feel right at home in Sonora.
Categories: Animals · Environment · Pronghorn · Provincia · Sonora
