21 US species officially declared extinct (1 Viewer)

[Mysticete]

I doubt folks were holding out much hope for Bachman's Warbler or these other birds still being around, but it's been made official

21 U.S. Animals, Plants Declared Extinct

Center for Biological Diversity: Grim Announcement Highlights Need For More Action to Stop Extinction Crisis

biologicaldiversity.org

 

[Mono]

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has a stay of execution.

 

[DMW]

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has a stay of execution.

Sshhh...

 

[Lisa W]

Read the article this morning, sad.

 

[S_Man]

I doubt folks were holding out much hope for Bachman's Warbler or these other birds still being around, but it's been made official

21 U.S. Animals, Plants Declared Extinct

Center for Biological Diversity: Grim Announcement Highlights Need For More Action to Stop Extinction Crisis

biologicaldiversity.org

Sadly much more people care about lists and even taxonomy, than conservation, so I'm not surprised...

 

[THE_FERN]

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has a stay of execution.

No it didn't

 

[THE_FERN]

To lose one species may be regarded as misfortune, to lose 650 "progress"