endangered
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Gray wolves are a federally protected endangered species and illegal to kill in California.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Gonzalez doesn’t believe the middle manager is an endangered species, but job details will evolve, she said.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
As Scott Weidensaul tells us, poisoning has led to seven of Africa’s 10 vulture species being listed as endangered or critically endangered, with populations down as much as 97%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
One species has been successfully reintroduced to its Polynesian island home – the first invertebrate ever to be downlisted from extinct in the wild to critically endangered.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
“I’m the conservation officer. You’re harboring an endangered species—a peregrine falcon.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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