Trump administration moves to gut a core endangered species protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Trump administration moves to gut a core endangered species protection
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The Trump administration announced a significant shift in how it enforces the Endangered Species Act, instructing officials that unintentional killing of protected wildlife will no longer be treated as unlawful. The change, codified in an internal memo, reinterprets the law to apply only to intentional harm rather than collateral deaths. Conservationists contend the reinterpretation effectively guts core protections under the ESA.
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