Refugee crisis: the fences built across Europe are threatening wildlife, too — Quartz
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After decades of being literally fenced off from western Europe, the region’s wildlife—including carnivores such as wolves and lynx—began to thrive. Getting rid of physical borders allowed animals to expand their habitats, and since there wasn’t much human development in these transboundary areas, it turned out to be a place where wildlife could really thrive.
But, after a few decades of somewhat free movement of people, goods, and animals, since 2015 fences have started rising up again. For example, a fence has been built between Slovenia and Croatia to stop the movement of refugees between the countries. A side effect has been to also stop the movement of wildlife, according to a study titled Border Security Fencing and Wildlife published in PLOS Biology.
