Canadian runners follow the monarch butterflies' route

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A team of runners from Canada entered Mexico on Tuesday on the 34th day of a 4,300-kilometer ultra-marathon that follows the route of migrating monarch butterflies.

Accompanied by filmmakers and butterfly advocates, runners led by the Monarch Ultra project director Carlotta James left Peterborough, Ontario, on September 19.

The 47-day running adventure, in which about 70 runners will run a stretch of 50 or 100 kilometers each, aims to raise awareness of monarch butterflies that migrate annually to Mexico from Canada but whose populations are in decline.

After crossing parts of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, the team crossed into Mexico at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, where they were given a warm welcome by state and municipal officials and local residents including a large contingent of school children.“We left Canada on the same day that the butterflies did, to travel together,” James told reporters.