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Mexican Garter Snake Warrants Protection as Endangered Species,
But Protection Again Delayed by Bush Administration
TUCSON, Ariz.— In response to a petition and two lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Mexican garter snake warrants protection as an endangered species, but that such protection is precluded by other actions to list species. Today’s decision continues years of delay in protection for the critically imperiled snake, stretching back more than 20 years to 1985, when the species was recognized as a candidate for protection by the Fish and Wildlife Service, and more recently to the Center’s December 15, 2003 petition.
“Despite recognizing that the Mexican garter snake is near extinction in the United States and severely threatened in Mexico, the Bush administration has again decided to delay protection for the snake,” said Noah Greenwald, biodiversity program director for the Center for Biological Diversity. “A decision to delay is typical of the Administration’s abysmal record protecting endangered species.”
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