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How Wire Snares Threaten the Wildebeest Migration

As the wildebeest herd moves north, it faces a human threat.

Aired 10/19/2022

Nature

How Wire Snares Threaten the Wildebeest Migration

Clip: Season 41 Episode 1 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

As the wildebeest herd moves north, it faces a human threat.

As the wildebeest herd moves north through the border regions with Tanzania, it faces a human threat: an invisible web of wire snares. Poachers sneak across the fenceless border from Tanzania to hunt animals for bush meat, using wire snares.

Aired 10/19/2022

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