Resources
Full Text: Endangered Species Act (1973)
Download the full text of the 1973 Endangered Species Act from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Victory at Last: Lions Listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
Learn about Born Free USA’s successful campaign to have the African lion listed as Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Victory for Great Lakes Wolves
Born Free USA, along with a coalition of wildlife protection groups, brought a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 after the agency decided to de-list gray wolves in the Great Lakes region from the Endangered Species Act. The agency’s delisting decision was overturned by the D.C. District Court in 2014 and, in August 2017, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s ruling.
Seeking Endangered Species Act Protections for Pangolins
In July 2015, Born Free USA and other wildlife groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate seven species of pangolins as Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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