Colorado Public Radio

Barbed wire fences dot the West. There’s a growing movement to take them down — for wildlife

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 ...
The Washington Post

The long, ugly history of barbed wire at the U.S.-Mexico border

In 1904, the El Paso Herald called for “a barb wire fence along our side of the Rio Grande” to keep out “undesirable aliens.” The newspaper wasn’t referring to Mexicans, but to Chinese immigrants, ...
The Journal

Barbed wire—holding up since the 1800s

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, ...
NPR

U.S. ranchers test high-tech, wildlife-friendly alternatives to barbed wire

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 ...