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Inside the push to remove barbed wire in the West

Barbed wire shaped the American West, but there’s a growing movement to take it down. It can kill, injure or block migrating wildlife. Some ranchers are testing high-tech alternatives that could reduce the need for it.

Rachel Cohen of the Mountain West News Bureau reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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