Washington, DC – “The Endangered Species Coalition thank you President Biden for vetoing law that will have stripped necessary Endangered Species protections from the Northern long-eared bat and the Lesser prairie rooster,” mentioned Susan Holmes, Government Director of the Endangered Species Coalition. “With a pen stroke, the President has stored two of The united states’s maximum gravely endangered species from most probably extinction.”
Populations of the Northern long-eared bat, local to 37 Japanese and Central states and D.C. had been devastated by means of illness, and habitat loss have dropped by means of greater than 97 %. The enduring Lesser Prairie rooster, with its dramatic mating dance, is located in handiest 10 % of its historical vary.
“This 12 months, anti-wildlife participants of Congress have waged a struggle in opposition to the Endangered Species Act and the species it protects. We admire the President status as much as those Congressional assaults however stay very involved concerning the dozens of expenses lately offered to weaken protections for our maximum susceptible species. With one in 5 species liable to extinction, we name on Congress to dam any makes an attempt to weaken coverage for endangered species.”
“American citizens treasure our natural world, and the Endangered Species Act stays one among our maximum a hit and liked rules. As we mark its fiftieth Anniversary and have fun its successes, such because the restoration of the bald eagle, surveys display that 90% of the general public helps a powerful Endangered Species Act.”
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Touch: Susan Holmes, [email protected]