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The Intercept and Type Investigations this week, one of the main government agencies tasked with enforcing the Act seems to be increasingly hesitant to use its power to block development, a trend that’s stretched back at least since the Clinton administration. Tobias writes about how this lack of enforcement threatens the survival of one particular animal, the Florida panther whose Southwest Florida habitat, and roughly 150 remaining members, are at risk from a major proposed development. Ira talks to Tobias about the panther, the ESA, and what conservationists think needs to change. IRA FLATOW: It’s been nearly 50 years since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, designed to protect species threatened by development or other consequences of economic growth. But how well is it working, as we stare down the world’s sixth great mass extinction?

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