{"id":317417,"date":"2025-11-25T06:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/report-exposes-how-congress-and-industry-allies-are-jeopardizing-americas-most-beloved-wildlife\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:31:46","slug":"report-exposes-how-congress-and-industry-allies-are-jeopardizing-americas-most-beloved-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=317417","title":{"rendered":"Report Exposes How Congress and Industry Allies Are Jeopardizing America\u2019s Most Beloved Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 November 17, 2025 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 The Endangered Species Coalition today released <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the Political Crosshairs 2025: Species Jeopardized by Politicians in Congress,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a sweeping new report revealing how proposed congressional rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) threaten ten iconic species across the United States. The report, which details the impacts on the manatee, monarch butterfly, gray wolf, grizzly bear, and six other species, comes ahead of consideration of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cESA Amendments Act of 2025,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> led by Representative Westerman (R-AR), in the House Natural Resources Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than 50 years, the ESA has prevented 99% of listed species from going extinct, uniting Americans across the political spectrum in support of wildlife conservation. Yet today, the law faces one of its gravest assaults in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Endangered Species Act is one of the most successful, science-based conservation laws ever passed,\u201d said <\/span><b>Susan Holmes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Executive Director of the Endangered Species Coalition. \u201cBut some members of Congress are trying to dismantle it piece by piece to serve polluting industries and political donors \u2014 and the cost will be measured in extinctions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report warns that the proposed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cESA Amendments Act of 2025\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 currently moving through Congress \u2014 would strip scientific oversight, weaken habitat protections, and grant industry unchecked power over environmental reviews. Separate legislative measures aim to permanently delist species such as the gray wolf and block habitat protections for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report profiles ten at-risk species \u2014 each illustrating how political interference threatens to undo decades of recovery progress: <\/span><b>West Indian Manatee,<\/b> <b>Piping Plover<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Eastern Hellbender<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Rusty Patched Bumble Bee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Gray Wolf<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Leatherback &amp; Loggerhead Sea Turtles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Monarch Butterfly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Southern Sea Otter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Grizzly Bear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese attacks don\u2019t just target wildlife \u2014 they target the very foundation of science-based conservation,\u201d said Holmes. \u201cIf these laws are gutted, we\u2019ll lose not only species, but the ecosystems and economies that depend on them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polls show that <\/span><b>84% of Americans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support the Endangered Species Act, <\/span><b>80%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support full funding, and <\/span><b>70%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believe scientists \u2014 not politicians \u2014 should determine which species need protection. Despite this, congressional attacks on the ESA are second only to those on the Affordable Care Act in frequency and intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the Political Crosshairs 2025\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> updates earlier Coalition reports \u2014 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Room to Roam: 10 American Species in Need of Connectivity and Corridors (2015), Extinction Plan: Ten Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration (2018), Last Chance: Ten U.S. Species Already Imperiled by Climate Change (2021),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten Stories of Hope: The Endangered Species Act at 50 (2023)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 continuing the story of America\u2019s ongoing struggle to safeguard its natural heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full report, including species profiles and legislative analysis, is available at<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/top-ten-report-political-crosshairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/top-ten-report-political-crosshairs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 November 17, 2025 \u2014 The Endangered Species Coalition today released \u201cIn the Political Crosshairs 2025: Species Jeopardized by Politicians in Congress,\u201d a sweeping new report revealing how proposed congressional rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) threaten ten iconic species across the United States. 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