Successful Conservation Effort in Argentina Leads to Endangered Species Reclassification, Carefully Regulated Trade

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Successful Conservation Effort in Argentina Leads to Endangered Species Reclassification, Carefully Regulated Trade
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a final rulemaking that reclassifies the Argentinian population of the broad-snouted caiman from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A longstanding and successful management effort to increase the numbers of this crocodilian species has made it possible to reduce the restrictions on the Argentinian population (called a