Administration rewrites endangered species safeguards, allowing harm to imperiled wildlife
TL;DR
The Trump administration issued a policy change reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act to let economic considerations influence habitat protections and to permit killing, trapping, and harassing species deemed threatened, potentially weakening protections for imperiled wildlife such as pygmy rabbits and Florida manatees.
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- Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction The Washington Post
- US cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions KCCI
- Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court The Conversation
- Trump administration opens endangered species’ habitats to development, reversing 50 years of environmental law CNN
- Trump rolls back protections for threatened species and habitat for endangered species The Hill
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