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As Fences Cut Off Migration, Hoofed Species Decline

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Dama gazelles were once common in the grasslands and subdesert of the Sahel in Africa.  They used to migrate south in search of food during the dry season and return north after the rains came. Poaching and destruction of their habitat have greatly diminished their numbers, and today there may be just hundreds left in the wild. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo)
Dama gazelles were once common in the grasslands and subdesert of the Sahel in Africa. They used to migrate south in search of food during the dry season and return north after the rains came. Poaching and destruction of their habitat have greatly diminished their numbers, and today there may be just hundreds left in the wild. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

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