Govs urge endangered species changes
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Western governors Saturday urged Congress to change to the Endangered Species Act and make the complex law less of a strain on private landowners.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday that it will review eight endangered species decisions that were "inappropriately influenced" by a political appointee of the Interior Department, throwing a lifeline to 18 species that scientists had deemed to be in need of protection.
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According to the first global assessment of amphibians, disease, climate change and habitat loss are threatening one-third of the world&#39;s fragile species of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders.
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Hong Kong conservationists have criticised the government for failing to protect reef fish in the city's marine parks after a survey showed fish populations had not increased from low levels.
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Save the species, save a buck. Landowners frustrated by the Endangered Species Act might get a carrot instead of the stick under a proposed revision of the law that would offer them tax incentives to give the critters a home. That approach is emerging as a narrower alternative to a comprehensive overhaul of the endangered species law, a priority for Republicans before Democrats took control of Congress this year.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulled two species be pulled from the endangered list on Monday and recommended that four be downlisted from endangered to threatened on Monday, saying there's been much progress toward wildlife recovery in California.
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Whole species of animals from frogs to leopards, living in vulnerable areas and with nowhere else to go, face extinction due to global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is under scrutiny for neglecting to protect endangered panther habitat.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 24--WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., is the co-sponsor of a bill to reform the Endangered Species Act requiring that each listing be supported by sound science and need, and be accompanied by a recovery plan that will lead to de-listing.
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In Thailand, speakers at the opening of an international conference on endangered species appealed for measures to protect natural resources and stem illegal trade in endangered wildlife.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown must ensure the protection of the UK's marine wildlife, the RSPB urges.
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There are many ways to try to save endangered species, including freezing sperm and eggs for breeding programs. With fish, though, that approach is limited.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.
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Action is needed to protect British wildlife from the effects of a changing climate, a report says.
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A new study estimates that if the nearly 12,200 animals and plants currently listed as threatened or endangered disappear, another 6,300 "affiliate" species could also be lost.