# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DePg4Ompbrk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71472340-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ea6dc82a32.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T17:54:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

The attacks on endangered wildlife are piling up. Here’s what’s at stake in 90 seconds. 

This year, the Trump administration has dismantled the Endangered Species Act. First it removed the longstanding definition of “harm” that covered habitat destruction that kills or injures wildlife. It ended automatic protections for newly listed threatened species. And new directives could let foreseeable deaths from logging, development and other activities escape crucial limits and conservation requirements. 

An endangered whale struck by a ship. Endangered bats killed when their roosting trees are cut down. These deaths may no longer be considered illegal under the Act simply because the actions weren’t intentionally directed at the animals. 

Earlier this year, the administration’s “Extinction Committee” also granted oil and gas operations an unprecedented exemption from the Act’s requirements, putting endangered whales, sea turtles and other wildlife at greater risk. 

And now, a proposed deal in Congress threatens to significantly weaken wildlife reviews and make destructive projects harder to challenge in court.
 
The Endangered Species Act has helped keep 99% of listed species from going extinct, and it’s the heart of our work. The Center for Biological Diversity is challenging these attacks in court and pressing lawmakers to reject further devastating rollbacks.  

We refuse to let decades of progress toward wildlife recovery be dismantled. 

What can YOU do? 

🦋 Share this message 🦋 and help us defend the law that has protected wildlife for more than 50 years at the link in our bio. 

#endangeredspeciesact #endangeredspecies #wildlife #conservation

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