More than 40 percent of the extinct and possibly extinct species listed under the #EndangeredSpecies Act are #mollusks (40/97). We have to do more to save our slimy friends. Extinction is a political choice. https://t.co/St22BQKbU0 via @thePeerJ
97 species listed under the #EndangeredSpecies Act are #extinct and 40 of them are #mollusks We have to do more to save our slimy friends https://t.co/St22BQsAvq via @thePeerJ
How would Australia's EPBC Act stack up in comparison?
"We estimate the Endangered Species Act has prevented the extinction of roughly 291 species since passage in 1973, and has to date saved more than 99% of species under its protection." https://t.co/atKNmuymeo