Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Emperor Penguin

2 organizations filed 2 public comments on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Emperor Penguin, at the Fish and Wildlife Service. The comment window closed 1758d ago.

Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes fosteri), a flightless bird species from Antarctica as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This proposal also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the emperor penguin. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the emperor penguin as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (4(d) rule). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act’s protections to the species.

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• Center for Biological Diversity

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