Sentence examples for imperiled animals from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kempthorne is also pressing ahead with plans to scale back important protections required by the Endangered Species Act by eliminating some mandatory scientific reviews by the Fish and Wildlife Service of federal projects that could threaten imperiled animals and plants.

The lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in New York alleges that the International Wildlife Conservation Council is made up of "hunting enthusiasts" and "politically-connected donors" who are likely to craft favorable policy for groups that profit from hunting "imperiled animals," the complaint said.

Fortunately, a vast and well-organized infrastructure of volunteers was already in place: people who, for years, happened to have been honing some of the very skills that the survival of these imperiled animals suddenly hinged on — not because they saw such a crisis coming, but basically because they really loved turtles.

They cited the fact that they get 35,000 calls per year and must prioritize imperiled animals over roadkill.

The US government grants some circuses and big game hunters permission to possess imperiled animals like elephants and rhinos, as well as their tusks, horns, or other parts, if they make donations to wildlife conservation groups.

The dispute between Bundy and federal land managers began in 1993 when he stopped paying monthly fees of about $1.35 per cow-calf pair to graze public lands that are also home to imperiled animals such as the Mojave Desert tortoise.

"Confirmation of the Sierra Nevada red fox in Yosemite National Park's vast alpine wilderness provides an opportunity to join research partners in helping to protect this imperiled animal," Yosemite wildlife biologist Sarah Stock said in a news release.

The success of last year's "Dolphin Tale proved this theorem: Imperiled marine animals + true-ish story + workmanlike sincerity + happy ending = a hit.

Then a burst of poaching in the late 1990s once again imperiled the animal.

Environmentalists have sued administrations -- including Clinton's -- for failing to move quickly enough to list imperiled plants and animals.

These endless legislative attacks put imperiled plants and animals, public lands and other essential natural resources like our air and water and our own health and well-being in serious jeopardy.