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Hi John,
The Trump administration is back to its dirty bag of tricks to cut protections for imperiled wildlife.
Officials announced last week they'll no longer give blanket protections when species become listed as threatened, undermining current practice and creating chaos.
This cruel move will put species fighting for survival at unnecessary risk — and lays the groundwork for further destruction of the Endangered Species Act.
The Center is in court to keep protection for threatened species in place.
Please help us fight back with a gift now to the Future for the Wild Fund.
For years, species listed as threatened have received the maximum federal protection.
This blanket rule has given species like northern spotted owls and southern sea otters a fighting chance at survival.
But now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will no longer give species newly listed as threatened the same safeguards. Withholding protection for a threatened species will make it easier to destroy their habitat — a bitter irony since that's likely a key reason they needed help under the Endangered Species Act.
It's exactly the wrong direction for animals and plants facing extinction.
We know what works to keep species from blinking out. It means shielding them from human activity — and ensuring they're kept safe from hunters, developers and industries like Big Oil.
So much of the Center's work to save vulnerable wildlife depends on the Endangered Species Act being at full strength, and it will take all we've got in the weeks, months and even years ahead to make that happen.
We're fighting back — going to court nearly every four days to save imperiled animals and the places they call home.
Because threats wildlife are ongoing, we need you for the long haul. Please start a monthly donation to sustain our defense.
For the wild,
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