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There has been a border-building spree across Europe in recent years. Fencing at the EU’s external and internal borders grew nearly sevenfold between 2014 and 2022, from 315 to 2,048 kilometres, according to the European Parliament. Aimed at keeping people out, experts warn these steel walls and barbed wire fences are having a significant – yet often overlooked – impact on animals too. Eugene Simonov, an activist and researcher at the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group, tells Euronews Green that borders increase the risk of death as large mammals and birds can easily injure them…