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CHICAGO – A bighead Asian Carp was apprehended Wednesday after breaching a maximum security federal barrier, officials say.
No one was harmed in the capture of the 20-pounder. Officials aren’t sure how the carp escaped, but they say he was just six miles from a clean getaway.
Advocates of the watery prison say it keeps the public safe from the ferocious fish. Opponents say the barrier isn’t a cure, but a band-aid over a larger ecological problem.
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