Prairie Dog Won't Be on Endangered List
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The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from a list of candidates for the federal endangered species list because scientists have concluded the rodents are no longer threatened.
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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.
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A plethora of prairie dogs present around Hall, S.D., has prompted debate over whether the burrowing rodents should be killed off to benefit cattle ranchers.
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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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The survival of some Iowa bird species is threatened, primarily because of habitat loss, according to a group dedicated to the conservation of wild birds.
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The growing obesity problem doesn't exclude pets.
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US symbol removed from list of threatened species.
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Wild fish, whose living conditions are not controlled, are not likely to meet the requirements for an ÂorganicÂ label.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Â Frustrated by a lack of regulations limiting global warming, a conservation group wants ribbon seals listed as threatened or endangered because their habitat Â sea ice Â is disappearing amid climate change.
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GRANTS PASS -- A petition from environmentalists to put four species of lamprey -- jawless fish resembling eels that swim with salmon -- under protection of the Endangered Species Act has been rejected again by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The federal government will begin poisoning prairie dogs in southwestern South Dakota next week after reaching a deal with conservationists designed to protect the endangered black-footed ferret.
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Citing the complexity of the decision, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it would not meet a deadline for a recommendation on listing polar bears as a threatened species due to global warming under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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A timber-industry group that sued for a review of the threatened-species status of the northern spotted owl said yesterday it does not expect the bird to lose federal
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GUANGZHOU, China  - In southern China, it doesn't  matter if an animal is an endangered species. As long as it  walks, wriggles or jumps, it's good enough for the pot.
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The federal government has decided not to list the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act, a Colorado senator announced Thursday.
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By Mike Belt, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 15--The bald eagle population has made such a dramatic comeback during the last 40 years that it might be removed from the federal endangered and threatened species list later this year.
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By Salatheia Bryant, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 12--The whooping crane could be removed from the endangered species list by 2035 if current recovery efforts continue to show progress, say federal officials based in Texas.   U.S.