After reading the article “Woman arrested in Brownsville for attempting to smuggle baby spider monkeys” by Xavier Alvarez (July 14), I hope the U.S and Mexico strengthen their grasp on people smuggling in exotic fauna.

A woman was arrested due to smuggling baby monkeys across the border, to be later paid. With the issues regarding invasive species crossing the border, the idea of stronger border entrance security can protect North American ecosystems and hinder the exotic animal trade.

The ecosystems of North America are both extremely diverse and fragile, so introducing invasive species can do irreversible damage to them. This may not seem like a problem to humans as invasive animals aren’t competing with us but rather native animals; however, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In

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