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Currently in Canada, there are 543 species at risk with another 13 species already extinct. Extinction is caused by habitat destruction, invasive species, pollution, and overexploitation (1). In 1997, a committee was established whose responsibility was to evaluate the status of wildlife at risk in Canada. This committee, called the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), divides the endangered species in Canada into five categories. The first category includes species that are extinct, which means that they no longer exist anywhere in the world. The second category is extirpated species, which are species that no longer exist in Canada. The third is endangered species, which is a species that is facing imminent extinction or extirpation. The fourth grouping is threatened species, which are likely to become endangered if no immediate action is taken to conserve them. The last category is species of special concern, which are species at risk of becoming...

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Title: Endangered Species
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1. Endangered Species Act
   

   Endangered Species Act. ... To help protect threatened species, then-president, Richard
   Nixon, signed into law the Endangered Species Act in 1973. ...

2. Endangered Species
   

   Endangered Species. ... In 1973 the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed. Its purpose
   is to protect species and the ecosystems which they depend on. ...

3. Endangered Species
   

   Endangered Species. ... In 2002, nineteen animals and six plants were on the list of
   endangered species in New York State (Kurpis "In Your State"). ...

4. Endangered Species Act
   

   Endangered species Act. ... People are getting laid off there jobs and millions of our
   tax dollars are being spent on the Endangered Species Act (ESA)all the time. ...

5. Protection Of Endangered Species
   

   Protection Of Endangered Species. ... For this reason endangered species deserve
   more protection than the current regulations provide. ...