That’s not the case for 21 animal species just delisted from the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. — Maxx Phillips, Center for Biological Diversity“My heart breaks over the loss of these 21 species,” Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said after the agency’s announcement on Oct. 16. As Charles P. Pierce of Esquire puts it, obscure creatures like those on the latest extinction list “don’t make good TV commercials. Humans’ selective solicitude for endangered species was well illustrated by George F. Will in a 2017 Washington Post column inveighing against the Endangered Species Act. As is almost always the case, the protection of endangered species is an issue in which economic interests get disguised as political talking points.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 24, 2023 16:00 UTC