The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a landmark piece of U.S. federal legislation that has protected threatened and endangered wildlife, fish, plants, and their habitats for over 50 years. The ESA remains a wildly popular law among American voters and "has been credited with saving 99% of listed species from extinction."¹ The law has also protected millions of acres of forests, beaches, rivers, and wetlands that species rely on to survive and recover.  

Unfortunately, the Trump Administration and Republican members of Congress are working together to destroy the ESA. They are doing this by enacting reforms that place economic profits over species survival, undermine the definition of habitat to allow for more development, remove federal funding to administer programs under the ESA and enforce the law, and prevent use of the best available science in order to strip the ESA of its strength and power in protecting wildlife from extinction.  

We must act now to ensure the ESA and the animals it protects do not become victims of profit and human greed. Threatened and endangered animals around the world need your help today!

Animals on the Endangered species list need your help! Without the ESA, iconic species like Bald eagles, Grizzly bears, and American gray wolves would not be here today without the current legal protections granted under the ESA. Threatened international species like African lions and elephants are granted protection under the ESA as part of our international treaty obligations to ensure the survival of these species against harmful international trade between the US and other countries. The ESA also affords protections to endangered species in captivity, allowing for the rescue of animals like tigers and lions living in deplorable conditions in roadside zoos.

We must act now to ensure the ESA and the animals it protects do not become victims of corporate greed!

There have been an unprecedented number of attacks on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2025. From delisting vulnerable animals such as grizzly bears and gray wolves to rolling back habitat protections, opening land to fossil fuel extraction, and allowing harmful substances on protected lands—these anti-wildlife and anti-science bills are harmful to animals, the environment, and people alike.