The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the western black crested gibbon as critically endangered and the second-most endangered primate in the world, with a total population of between 1,100 and 1,300.
The Chinese government has recently ticked Tibetan antelopes off the endangered species list as the species’ population surpassed 300,000 across the country in 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
Following giant pandas, this is the second wild animal in China to be downgraded from the endangered species in 2021, showing the progress of decades of nationwide conservation and crackdowns on poaching.
ESA Changes Pt 2 I’m Bob Larson. Could an effort to roll back Trump era changes to the Endangered Species Act be politically motivated and make protecting threatened species more challenging?
The Congressional Western Caucus believes it is and Chairman Dan Newhouse hopes the Biden Administration will see that …
NEWHOUSE … “I think we need to take a step back, make sure that the things that we do actually are positive and actually help recovery of species, and truly engage those people that should be our allies in making this successful instead of making it harder.”
A good example of where community input was key, Newhouse says would be the gray wolf …
After being sued twice for failing to protect humpback whale pods, the US government has officially declared over a 100,000 square nautical miles of the Pacific as a legally defined critical habitat for the endangered species.
Police looking for endangered missing man from central Ohio
Ohio Attorney General s Office John Townsend.
and last updated 2021-06-09 08:33:56-04
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio â The Circleville Police Department is asking for help finding an endangered missing man from central Ohio.
Police said John Townsend, 77, drove away from his home around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Circleville, and no one has heard or seen from him since.
Townsend is about five-feet seven-inches tall, weighs about 135 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a black OSU shirt, black shorts, black socks and sandals, and he was driving his silver 2015 Lexus R350 with a Georgia license plate number of CIS4833.