Conservation coup

摘要

SURVIVAL has been a waiting game for the little critter pictured above. In 1994, conservation groups proposed that the wolverine be listed under the Endangered Species Act, but only now is the US government looking into it. That's thanks to a landmark agreement that could release hundreds of threatened species from bureaucratic limbo. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has been repeatedly sued by end the "vicious circle" of missed deadlines and lawsuits. The legally binding agreement was approved on 9 September.