U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule Listing All Chimpanzees as Endangered

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe has just announced a final rule to classify all chimpanzees, both wild and captive, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The rule uplists captive chimpanzees from threatened status to match that of wild chimpanzees and removes them from a special rule for primates that allowed some activities otherwise prohibited under the ESA.

Link: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service