Study Reveals Endangered Species Act is 99% Successful

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A new study gathering data from the US Fish and Wildlife Services suggests that the Endangered Species Act has been 99% successful since its inception 1973. Created to draw attention and better protect endangered animals, marine life, and plants, it has seen a near perfect track record when it comes to protecting and rehabilitating wildlife species which is why it is so important that our governments continue to support it.

It was recently reported that Ontario Canada was looking to challenge the ESA on a pay to kill basis which ultimately means that they are looking to undo years of work done to protect some of the most vulnerable species on the planet. By challenging these protections, it's quite clear that Ontario is oblivious to the necessity of protecting endangered species and their importance to a healthy ecosystem. It's not only Ontario, the United States is constantly working against the ESA in favour of wealthy benefactors and pro-hunting organizations that shoot for sport under the guise of conservation. 

Of the 1700 species the Endangered Species Act has tackled, only 4 have knowingly gone extinct and another 22 are possibly extinct. Of the four that went extinct, their numbers were already so extremely low before they were officially added to the ESA and died off due to poor conservation efforts. Unfortunately, these species have to be nominated for endangered species protections and if they are not in a timely manner, their chances of survival are extremely slim. 

The ESA does such a good job of helping to bring awareness and protections to these species and they do so at a measly 3% of the necessary funding required to efficiently do their work. If they were to actually receive the amount of funding they require the results would most definitely be 100% but the government refuses to allocate them the appropriate funding. 

Even still, the work they do is a godsend to animals and plants that are facing extinction. Most recently, the United States Government has lagged in adding giraffes to the ESA which would immediately allow conservation efforts to take place but there are still giraffe trophies coming into the US and it seems unlikely that they are in any kind of hurry to help giraffes. Along with giraffes, lions and elephants face dangers from illegal poaching, habitat loss, and trophy hunting, and yet the US continues to allow hunting trophies to come into their country directly working against the efforts of conservation.

As the article from World Animal News suggests, Donald Trump's administration is single handedly unraveling decades of work the ESA has put in to protect animals and if they do not start putting in serious effort to help with conservation, we could seriously see the end of some of these magnificent creatures.

Head to the link at the top of the page to read the full story on the ESA's success and better understand why their work is so important in protecting vulnerable species on our planet.

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