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endangered species list stories: 10 news summaries

 Humpback 
 Whales May Lose 
 Endangered Tag 

Some 60K animals believed to be alive today

Nov 6, 09 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - In attempt to determine whether the humpback whales still need to be saved, the government is reviewing the marine mammals' place on the endangered species list for the first time in a decade. The results look promising: “They appear to be coming back pretty strongly in most of the... More »

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endangered species • conservation • whale • humpback whale • endangered species list • Endangered Species Act • National Marine Fisheries Service

(Newser) - When you’re an endangered species jockeying for federal funding, good looks are historically a plus. That may be changing, the Washington Post reports. In the past, researchers note, “there has been a very heavy bias toward ‘charismatic megafauna’—relatively large, well-known birds and mammals.” But... More »

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plants • US Fish and Wildlife Service • endangered species list • delta smelt • federal spending • animal • beetle • Chinook salmon • charismatic megafauna

 Gray Wolf Back 
 on Endangered List 

Court overrules Bush administration's move to cross it off

Sep 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court restored gray wolves to the endangered species list in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin yesterday, again making it not OK to kill wolves that attack livestock or pets, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In answer to a lawsuit by environmental groups, a judge said the wolves couldn’t... More »

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Bush administration • endangered species • endangered species list • Great Lakes • gray wolf

Endangered Species Listings Plummeting Under Bush

Wildlife advocates sue to save animals

Mar 23, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration for years has quietly established obstacles to listing new animals and plants on the endangered species list, the Washington Post reports. A total of only 59 domestic species have made it onto the list in the past seven years, compared to 58 each year under Bush's father... More »

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endangered species • Department of the Interior • endangered species list • extinction • sockeye salmon • George W. Bush • WildEarth Guardians • pygmy rabbit

Activists Howl as Wolves Leave Endangered List

Gray wolf population threatens livestock,
officials say

Nov 24, 07 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal officials plan to pull gray wolves from the endangered species list for the first time in more than 20 years, the AP reports. Hunters will be allowed to reduce the growing wolf population, which threatens livestock in the Northern Rockies—but activists vow lawsuits to block the plan, saying... More »

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endangered species • cattle • list • US Fish and Wildlife Service • endangered species list • hunters • gray wolf

75% of Bear Species at Risk

Asia's sun bear now the fifth of eight bear species endangered worldwide

Nov 12, 07 7:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Southeast Asia's sun bear is now the sixth of eight bear species facing extinction worldwide, the Telegraph reports. Experts admit they know little about the bear, but blame deforestation, hunting, and fearful villagers for menacing the species. "We estimate that sun bears have declined by at least 30 per... More »

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endangered species • endangered species list • extinction • deforestation • polar bear • panda • species • sun bear • grizzly bear

Harry, Pal Eyed in Shooting of Rare Birds

Protected hen harriers killed on royal estate

Oct 31, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Harry and a pal were grilled by police after two rare birds of prey were killed last week on an estate belonging to the British royal family. The prince was out shooting when witnesses saw two hen harriers hit, a crime punishable by six months in prison or a... More »

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endangered species • Prince Harry • endangered species list • hunting • British royals • guns

'Extinction Crisis' Threatens 40% of Species

Watchdog group sees serious danger to one
in four mammals

Sep 12, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 16,000 species are in serious danger of extinction, including one in four mammals and one in three amphibians being monitored by a global conservation group. With 40% of 40,000 surveyed species facing the highest levels of threat, “We’re at code red,” a top... More »

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climate change • endangered species • environment • endangered species list • extinction • El Nino • gorilla • species • Western Lowland Gorilla • Mauritius Echo Parakeet • World Conservation Union • biodiversity • animal

Don't Think Pink: Factory Threatens Flamingo Species

Endangered lesser flamingos breed in only one lake in eastern Africa

Jul 12, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian company's plans to build a plant to harvest soda ash, or sodium carbonate, from Lake Natron in northern Tanzania could spell the end for the endangered lesser flamingo, the smallest of the six flamingo species. The lake is the only major breeding site, and half a million of... More »

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endangered species • environment • Africa • conservation • India • environmentalism • Tanzania • endangered species list • flamingos • East Africa

Environment Agency Battles Its Own Threats

Steward of endangered species suffers government neglect

Jul 5, 07 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bald eagle's exit from Endangered Species Act protection drew attention away from the watchdog agency that defends threatened species—and is in peril itself. The budget has been slashed, open jobs go unfilled, and the fate of hundreds of plant and animal species hangs in the balance. The LA ... More »

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