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"Federal protection came too late to reverse these species' decline, and it's a wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it's too late," FWS Director, said in the release."As we commemorate 50 years of the Endangered Species Act this year, we are reminded of the Act's purpose to be a safety net that stops the journey toward extinction. The ultimate goal is to recover these species, so they no longer need the Act's protection.
Eight of the now-extinct birds were honeycreepers found in Hawaii: the Kauai akialoa, Kauai nukupuu, Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, Large Kauai thrush, Maui ākepa, Maui nukupuʻu, Molokai creeper, and Po`ouli. Eight species of mussels found in the eastern portion of the U.S. are now extinct, too. Delisted species include the flat pigtoe, southern acornshell, stirrupshell, upland combshell, green-blossom pearly mussel, tubercled-blossom pearly mussel, turgid-blossom pearly mussel, and the yellow-blossom pearly mussel., with non-native mosquitoes that carry avian diseases dealing the final blow, according to a press release from the Center for Biological Diversity.impacts species in Hawaii.
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