{"id":15221853,"date":"2026-07-22T23:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/arizonas-iconic-saguaros-are-being-threatened-these-are-the-perpetrators\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:33:43","slug":"arizonas-iconic-saguaros-are-being-threatened-these-are-the-perpetrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/arizonas-iconic-saguaros-are-being-threatened-these-are-the-perpetrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona\u2019s iconic saguaros are being threatened. These are the perpetrators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/Cactus_2-cronkite.webp\" alt=\"Arizona\u2019s iconic saguaros are being threatened. These are the perpetrators\" \/>Fire, invasive species \u2014 it&#8217;s hard being a saguaro in the Sonoran Desert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/arts-culture\/arizona-saguaro-cacti-face-a-number-of-threats-40684268\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News \u2013 World \u2013 Phoenix \u2013 rss.app2 \u2192 manual entry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire, invasive species \u2014 it&#8217;s hard being a saguaro in the Sonoran Desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15221855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15221853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phoenix"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite.webp",1170,752,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-300x193.webp",300,193,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-620x398.webp",620,398,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-768x494.webp",768,494,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-940x604.webp",940,604,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite.webp",1170,752,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite.webp",1170,752,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-998x665.webp",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-670x446.webp",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite.webp",1170,752,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-510x510.webp",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-160x160.webp",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-24x24.webp",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-48x48.webp",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-96x96.webp",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15221853-cactus_2-cronkite-300x300.webp",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/news\/usa\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Phoenix<\/a>","tag_info":"Phoenix","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15221853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15221853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15221853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15221854,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15221853\/revisions\/15221854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15221855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15221853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15221853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15221853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}