US-Mexico border wall threatening rare wildlife

The US-Mexico border wall, which former US president Donald Trump boasted he would make "impenetrable," does little to discourage the thousands of people from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe who arrive in the country every day, fleeing poverty and persecution.

But, say conservationists, the fencing erected by successive administrations in Washington is deadly to wildlife. "This ridiculous structure is ineffective against migration and smuggling, and does great harm to wildlife, flora and public spaces," explains activist Laiken Jordahl, standing at the foot of the large barricade that "prevents no one from entering the country.

Those who are prevented are the animals, sometimes even endangered animals"