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 ...
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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 ...
All rolled up, the barrier amounted to 500,000 pounds of scrap metal, and with its removal, the prairie's megafauna are free ...
When building a barbed-wire fence, a person needs an easy way to unroll the spools of wire. Many methods have been used, such as putting the wire spool on a stationary bar and then pulling the wire ...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — An owl is recovering at a rehabilitation facility after being rescued from a barbed-wire fence in Lakewood. The Lakewood Police Department shared photos of an owl stuck to a fence ...
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 ...
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, ...