Less than 1 percent of species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act have been lost, according to NOAA Fisheries.
Sources
- Recovery of Endangered and Threatened Species | NOAA Fisheries (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-helping-prevent-extinctions-for-50-years-the-endangered-species-act-itself-may-be-at-risk (pbs.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482936/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/1198911404/1a-06-19-2024 (npr.org)
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