Photo Gallery: National Butterfly Center

The National Butterfly Center is dropping a portion of a lawsuit it filed against the builders of a private border wall south of Mission.

The announcement comes more than two years after the suit was filed, and follows a separate announcement that the center will be closing its doors indefinitely due to repeated threats.

Read the full story here.


A locked chain closes the entrance to the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
A police monitoring tower stationed at the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
A mural is displayed at the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Information signs are displayed at the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Marianna Trevino Wright, executive director of the National Butterfly Center, poses at the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Spike the tortoise walks in his enclosure at the National Butterfly Center on Wednesday in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
The National Butterfly Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])

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