State fences off Kauai forest reserve from feral animals
Work began Thursday to build a 3.3-mile fence in the Hono O Na Pali Natural Area Reserve on Kauai.
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RESIDENTS are calling for fences around a sports centre pitch to be doubled in size to stop footballs landing in their gardens.
Families living near South Moorlands Leisure Centre, in Cheadle, have held talks over 10-metre (32ft) high fences being installed around the artificial pitch after complaining about the flying balls and being verbally abused.
In one incident, a ball almost landed inside a child's pram and another time footballers started throwing bottles over a fence after a resident refused to return their ball.
Centre operator Parkwood Leisure submitted a planning application for the 10-metre high fence after receiving the complaints.
But members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's planning committee have rejected the application after branding the new fence an 'eyesore'.
Councillor Mike Worthington said: "This will double the height of the fence. I think this will be an eyesore. It is a very difficult situation and we need to find a solution."
Councillor Stephen Ellis added: "People will feel like they are living in a cage. If you buy a house next to a football pitch then it is expected that balls will go over."
But residents in Cecilly Grove say their lives have been blighted by abusive footballers for the past 12 months.
Jenna Vickers, aged 32, said: "It is not good. A taller fence would have been better than what we've got now.
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Vandals put traffic and livestock at risk by cutting electric fences on Malvern Hills
1:20pm Friday 2nd May 2014 in News
1814585201. Conservation officer with the Malvern Hills Conservators Beck Baker next to one of the electric cattle fences, that vandals have been cutting. Picture by Nick Toogood.
VANDALS cutting electric fences on the Malvern Hills are putting livestock and the public at risk, say Conservators.
Over recent days, electric fences have been cut twice, allowing sheep grazing the hills to escape from their enclosures.
And a water bowser which supplies drinking water for the animals was drained. The incidents all happened on the hills between the Wyche and British Camp.
Grazing was reintroduced on the Malvern Hills by Conservators several years ago, to help preserve the characteristic acid grassland landscape.
The fences prevent to stock from wandering onto local roads and posing a hazard to traffic, but the policy attracted criticism, with some people objecting to even temporary fences on the open hills.
Stephen Bound, director of Malvern Hills Conservators said: "We can't know for certain why this is being done. It could just be mindless vandalism. It could be someone angry because their dog had got a shock from the fence - I've seen that happen elsewhere. Or is could be someone who object to the grazing policy or the fences.
"I would urge whoever is cutting the fences to stop and think about their actions. They are endangering road users and livestock and this vandalism could have very serious consequences.
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Sub-Saharan migrants sit on top of a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta.
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MADRID Around 700 African migrants charged Spain's barbed-wire border fences Thursday in the country's North African enclave of Melilla, clashing with Spanish and Moroccan border police.
Spain said 140 of the migrants managed to enter Spanish territory despite the efforts of the border police.
It was the latest surge in the tide of African immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Spain's two North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta are particularly vulnerable and have had repeated attacks by hundreds of immigrants this spring.
The migrants on Thursday rushed the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 four hours later.
By afternoon, more than 150 people remained perched on an outside border fence, fending off police by setting fire to clothing and throwing it at them, Spain said. Some even swung batons wrenched away from officers.
Police used pepper spray to try and force migrants down from the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence, but some climbed onto the lamp posts used to illuminate the border.
The Interior Ministry statement said some migrants were treated by Red Cross staff and five were taken to the hospital. It later said 12 police were injured.
The new arrivals to Spain made their way, some hobbling, to the region's temporary immigrant center, which now contains more than 1,900 immigrants, the statement said, adding this meant the facility was "above its maximum capacity."
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A Guardia Civil officer walks past sub-Saharan migrants standing on top of a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
A sub-Saharan migrant stands on the Spanish soil after climbing a fence, as another is detained and sent back to the Moroccan side by Spanish Guardia Civil officers next to a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
A sub-Saharan migrant prays siting on top of a pole set in a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Spain says around 700 African migrants have rushed its barbed wire border fences in the North African enclave of Melilla, and although police repelled most, 140 managed to enter Spanish territory. The migrants charged the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 later Thursday morning. Spain and Morocco stepped up border vigilance in Feb. when 15 migrants drowned trying to enter Spain's other north African coastal enclave, Ceuta. (AP Photo/Fernando Garcia)The Associated Press
MADRID Around 700 African migrants charged Spain's barbed-wire border fences Thursday in the country's North African enclave of Melilla, clashing with Spanish and Moroccan border police.
Spain said 140 of the migrants managed to enter Spanish territory despite the efforts of the border police.
It was the latest surge in the tide of African immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. Spain's two North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta are particularly vulnerable and have had repeated attacks by hundreds of immigrants this spring.
The migrants on Thursday rushed the fences in two waves, with 500 arriving in the early hours and another 200 four hours later.
By afternoon, more than 150 people remained perched on an outside border fence, fending off police by setting fire to clothing and throwing it at them, Spain said. Some even swung batons wrenched away from officers.
Police used pepper spray to try and force migrants down from the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence, but some climbed onto the lamp posts used to illuminate the border.
The Interior Ministry statement said some migrants were treated by Red Cross staff and five were taken to the hospital. It later said 12 police were injured.
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Project at Craters helps pronghorn
Fences modified to facilitate animal migrations
By GREG MOORE Express Staff Writer
In response to a 2009 study detailing pronghorn antelope migration patterns south of the Pioneer Mountains, the National Park Service has been creating more animal-friendly fences across the northern boundary of Craters of the Moon National Monument. The three-year study was conducted by the Lava Lake Institute for Science & Conservation, which is connected to Lava Lake Land & Livestock, a large sheep-ranching operation adjacent to the monument near Carey. The study showed that several hundred pronghorn spend their summers in the Pioneer foothills, then migrate east along the northern edge of the monument every fall on their way to lands surrounding the Idaho National Laboratory east of Arco, where they gather with pronghorn arriving from other areas. From there, they disperse to even farther locales, some crossing the Continental Divide to winter in southwestern Montana. The migration pattern is reversed in the spring, though the study did not determine whether individual animals return to the same summering areas. Those animals a month ago may have been 160 miles away, institute President Brian Bean said. Landscape-scale conservation is needed to protect this keystone species. Bean said tracking of radio-collared animals showed the migration corridor narrows to only about 20 yards along the northern part of Craters of the Moon. He said obstacles there could be disastrous for the local pronghorn population. John Apel, integrated resource program manager at the monument, said motion-triggered cameras showed almost 500 pronghorn passing through that corridor in the spring. We knew that pronghorn migrated through, but [until the study] it wasnt known how many or that they followed a pretty well-defined route, he said. Pronghorn are built for speedup to 55 mph for short distancesand, after cheetahs, are considered the second-fastest animals on earth. However, that built-to-run body structure does not allow them to jump high, and, unlike deer, they usually duck under fences rather than jump over. Apel said the Park Service is undertaking a project to modify eight miles of fencing along the northern border of the monument, adjacent to grazing allotments on BLM land. He said the allotments used to be grazed by sheep, and the fences included a lower mesh component to keep the sheep in. He said only cattle are grazed there now, and the mesh is no longer needed. Apel said the new 40-inch-high fencing consists of a smooth bottom wire to allow pronghorn to pass under and a smooth top wire to allow deer to jump over, with barbed wire in between. He said 50-foot sections of the fence, placed at intervals, can be dropped to create open corridors. Those can be used in the spring before cattle are run on the allotment. He said the fence is also being marked with white tabs to alert the pronghorn of its presence. Bean said that when theyre running fast, the animals sometimes dont see fences and can die after colliding with them. Apel said the tabs also benefit sage grouse. Apel said about four miles of the old fence has been replaced, and the goal is to complete the project by 2016. Bean said the 2009 study showed that fences are a widespread problem for pronghorn. He said radio-collar data showed animals migrating as far as Interstate 15 in southern Montana, but turning back when they were blocked by fences along the highway. He said the same problem exists along I-15 near Dubois, Idaho, and along U.S. Highway 93 in northern Nevada. Bean said a similar study of pronghorn that spend summers in Jackson, Wyo., showed that two of seven migration corridors there had been abandoned due to fences. He suggested that fencing projects such as the one being undertaken at Craters be considered for other areas. Things like this can make sure that these large, wide-ranging ungulates can do these migrations for another thousand years, he said.
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Pictured is Yahya Abdi, 15, of Santa Clara. Yahya reportedly scaled the fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport to clambor into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767 jetliner. (Courtesy Mukhtar Guled)
Three weeks before a teenager climbed a fence at San Jose Mineta International Airport and stowed away in the wheel well of an airliner, the Transportation Security Administration inspected and approved the airport's fence line security.
The disclosure by TSA administrator John S. Pistole during testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday is likely to add increasing pressure for improvements to airport perimeter security around the nation.
"What if it was someone else with an explosive that got on that plane?" asked Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who grilled Pistole about the San Jose incident. "Hey, this is bad news." She added later, "You cleared them and that's troubling to me."
Pistole said the TSA has been working "almost nonstop" to find out what happened.
The youth entered the airport under the cover of darkness. While airport officials have said they do not have video of the teen climbing the fence, they do have film of an unidentified intruder on the tarmac, but no one monitoring the closed-circuit video system saw it. Pistole said the airport could be fined "for allowing this to happen because it is an egregious violation of the airport's perimeter."
The Santa Clara youth, who apparently was trying to get back to his mother in Africa, somehow survived a 51/2 hour flight to Maui in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines jet, landing there on April 21.
In prepared talking points, Pistole said that from Jan. 2 to March 28, TSA conducted a comprehensive inspection of the airport and found it met security requirements for perimeter systems, including the fence line and other measures.
Inspectors reviewed physical barriers and electronic access control systems; the airport's badging system; training; law enforcement support; contingency plans; and adherence to specific directives from the TSA, according to Pistole's talking points.
The airport also has a project to enhance its standards for the fence line, he noted.
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