{"id":29718,"date":"2025-06-16T12:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29718"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:25:49","slug":"pangolins-should-receive-endangered-protections-u-s-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29718","title":{"rendered":"Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pangolins \u2014 strangely adorable, scale-covered creatures believed to be the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world \u2014 should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, federal officials said Monday.<\/p>\n

The animals are native to Africa and Asia, but the Endangered Species Act requires the government to protect endangered species whether they live in the United States or abroad.<\/p>\n

The proposal to bring pangolins under U.S. protection comes in response to years-old legal action by conservationists, and despite recent moves under President Trump to weaken the Endangered Species Act<\/a> and other environmental policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For foreign animals, Endangered Species Act benefits include prohibitions on import and export, hunting and commercial activity. Protection can also open the door to financial assistance to develop and manage conservation programs in the species\u2019 native countries, although that has been thrown into question recently by funding freezes and cuts under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe proceeds from the illicit sale of pangolins and other imperiled species often fund serious crimes, including drug and arms trafficking,\u201d the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote in a news release. \u201cThis proposed listing reaffirms the service\u2019s commitment to protecting these magnificent species and ensures the United States does not contribute to their continued decline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pangolins are so threatened that it would be legally indefensible to deny their inclusion, conservationists said.<\/p>\n

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The armored mammals are trafficked for their scales and meat.Pangolins \u2014 strangely adorable, scale-covered creatures believed to be the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world \u2014 should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, federal officials said Monday.The animals are native to Africa and Asia, but the Endangered Species Act requires the government to protect endangered species whether they live in the United States or abroad.The proposal to bring pangolins under U.S. protection comes in response to years-old legal action by conservationists, and despite recent moves under President Trump to weaken the Endangered Species Act and other environmental policies.For foreign animals, Endangered Species Act benefits include prohibitions on import and export, hunting and commercial activity. Protection can also open the door to financial assistance to develop and manage conservation programs in the species\u2019 native countries, although that has been thrown into question recently by funding freezes and cuts under the Trump administration.\u201cThe proceeds from the illicit sale of pangolins and other imperiled species often fund serious crimes, including drug and arms trafficking,\u201d the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote in a news release. \u201cThis proposed listing reaffirms the service\u2019s commitment to protecting these magnificent species and ensures the United States does not contribute to their continued decline.\u201dPangolins are so threatened that it would be legally indefensible to deny their inclusion, conservationists said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29720,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29721,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29718\/revisions\/29721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}