African elephants are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Opposition might be rallied by village headmen, currently government appointees, but also threatened, under the reforms, by elections.
Federal officials propose listing the wolverine as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after repeatedly deferring its consideration.
By 1975, its numbers had fallen so far that it was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The fast-disappearing owl was listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act 20 years ago last week.
Listing an animal as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act brings mostly a shower of regulations from Washington.
They are designated as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but many biologists consider their population levels healthy.
The US Fish and Wildlife service proposed listing African lions as threatened under the act last October.
Elkhorn and staghorn coral, which are categorized as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, may be sent to a coral nursery, according to the plan.
They would be allowed if the animals were killed before the species was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but not after.
Most of the Columbia's salmon and steelhead species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, largely because of the effects of dam construction on fish migration.
