Seven Endangered Species You Can Still See in the Wild {Gadling}

Mar 30th 2009 10:31AM One of our most important tools for protecting these wonderful, imperiled animals is the Endangered Species Act. Yet one of President Bush’s last acts in office was to issue regulations weakening the protections the polar bear and other listed species receive. On the campaign trail, President Obama pledged to revoke Bush’s Endangered Species Act regulations, and Congress then granted his Interior Secretary Ken Salazar a golden opportunity to rescind the rules entirely with no more than the stroke of a pen, but this special authority extends only until May 9th. Ask him to protect the polar bear and other species by rescinding the Bush rules at www.savethepolarbear.org.