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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

21 species removed from US Endangered Species Act after going extinct

A Bachman’s warbler, part of the Yale Peabody Museum collection.
A Bachman’s warbler, part of the Yale Peabody Museum collection. Photograph: Michael Doolittle/Alamy

About 21 species have been removed from the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) after going extinct in a move conservationists are calling a wake-up call.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service removed the species – a mix of animals and plants – after determining that they had gone extinct, according to a press release.

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