Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
16 September 2026 at 18:04
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
A North Atlantic right whale off Cape Cod, Mass., in 2023. Only about 380 remain on the planet.

Β© Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press, photographed under NOAA permit # 21371