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Trump Administration Delays Monarch Butterfly Protections Amid Extinction Risk

12/13/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration indefinitely delayed extending federal protections for monarch butterflies.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planned to list the monarch butterfly as threatened by the end of 2025.
Tierra Curry of the Center for Biological Diversity calls the delay "bureaucratic limbo" and warns of extinction risk.
The proposed protections would ban killing and transporting monarchs and designate habitats in California, but would not halt development.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration indefinitely delayed extending federal protections for monarch butterflies.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planned to list the monarch butterfly as threatened by the end of 2025.
Tierra Curry of the Center for Biological Diversity calls the delay "bureaucratic limbo" and warns of extinction risk.
The proposed protections would ban killing and transporting monarchs and designate habitats in California, but would not halt development.