Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Development

Street dogs greet in Ushuaia, Argentina, where a century of intermittent economic booms have drawn thousands of immigrants to rapidly developed neighborhoods. With them have come waste management problems, pollution, and thousands of damaging abandoned pets that often kill regional wildlife to survive.

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Street dogs greet in Ushuaia, Argentina, where a century of intermittent economic booms have drawn thousands of immigrants to rapidly developed neighborhoods. With them have come waste management problems, pollution, and thousands of damaging abandoned pets that often kill regional wildlife to survive.