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In the years since, "rigorous reviews of the best available science" have been conducted to determine whether the animals are extinct."Federal protection came too late to reverse these species' decline, and it's a wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it's too late," Service Director Martha Williams said.
Scientists in 2019 warned that worldwide, 1 million species of plants and animals were at risk of extinction.
The Fish and Wildlife Service had first proposed delisting the species in September of 2021.
In the years since, the Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew the delisting proposal for one species, a type of Hawaiian herb.
"The ultimate goal is to recover these species, so they no longer need the act's protection," Williams said.
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