ROSEVILLE – An animal control officer rescued an owl that got tangled in a barbed wire fence in Roseville. Roseville police say someone called to report seeing the owl injured along Phillip Road.
Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the ...
If there’s one thing I hope never to see in my life, it’s the reverse side of my dog’s hide. Yet as the owner of hunting dogs, I have almost come to accept the chances for that happening someday. With ...
Barbed wire shaped the American West, but it kills, injures and blocks migrating wildlife. Some ranchers are trying high-tech alternatives that could reduce the need for it. On a list of the most ...
WASHINGTON — Only hours after crews removed daunting black fencing encircling St. John’s Church near the White House, six men on ladders began taking down barbed wire from a 12-foot fence, their work ...
In the Western United States alone, 620,000 miles of fence carve up the land. These barriers threaten the migrations of pronghorn, mule deer and other species. Proghorn encounter a fence line in New ...
Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...
On a list of the most important technologies that have shaped the American West, barbed wire would have to be near the top. The sharp metal fencing transformed the open range because it divided the ...
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