In both cases, the FWS has called its proposal a response to declining giraffe populations. Since 1985, the total number of the three northern giraffe subspecies has declined by 77 percent, from ...
The Endangered Species Act, enacted in 1973, establishes protections for fish, wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered. Under the act, federal agencies are required to ...
and the birds received full protections with passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Since then, habitat restoration and protection on both public and private land have helped the species ...