Posted by: Sandy Steinman | October 4, 2025

Trump Administration Set to Remove Look-Alike Protections From 11 Species 

Center for Biological Diversity News Release

The Trump administration today proposed removing protections for several species that look similar to threatened and endangered wildlife, including the puma, shovelnose sturgeon and several species of blue butterflies and turtles.

These protections are critical tools to prevent threats to the federally protected Florida panther, Miami blue butterfly, pallid sturgeon, bog turtle, desert tortoise and Pearl River map turtle.

Read on Trump Administration Set to Remove Look-Alike Protections From 11 Species – Center for Biological Diversity


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