It boldly says in essence, 'Thou shalt not cause any species of plant or animal to go extinct.' ... An animal is endangered if it is in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or most of its natural range in the wild. An animal is threatened if it is very likely to fall into the endangered category in "the foreseeable future". ... Congress never appropriated enough to let the Fish and Wildlife Service make more than a small dent in what was supposed to be done', Bean says." ...

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