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200-year-old 'grandmother' tree felled for Trump border wall
Original: Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’. Protesters spent
A 200-year-old cottonwood known locally as the 'grandmother' tree has been cut down to make way for the US-Mexico border wall, devastating activists who had occupied it for months to protect it. Campaigners describe a tense standoff with US Border Patrol before the tree came down, and say its loss crushes their hearts and symbolises the wider environmental cost of wall construction.
Why now: The felling of a beloved ancient tree for border wall construction has sparked outrage among environmentalists and local communities.
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