American alligator listed as an endangered species
1967 CE • USA
"The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) suffered noticable population declines by the 1950s and 1960s due to habitat loss and unregulated or poorly regulated hunting. In 1967 it was listed as an endangered species throughout its range in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas."
"American alligator," Center for Biological Diversity, accessed July 1, 2022, https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/esa_works/profile_pages/AmericanAlligator.html.
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