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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

Animal Person

An Animal Person reader wrote me with the following question: There are many species of cichlids in Lake Victoria that are on the verge of extinction, and most are hardy and small enough to be kept in an aquarium. The answer to that question could, for some, be dependent upon whether the endangering is our doing.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

For example, the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act—America’s most important avian conservation laws—apply in both territories. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. Both territories are also part of the U.S.