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Brown pelican removed from endangered species list

latimes.com
Nov. 11, 2009
A century-long effort to protect the bird is no longer needed, federal officials say. The brown pelican population, once imperiled by hunters and DDT, has reached more than 650,000 in North America. Federal officials announced today that they are removing the brown pelican from the endangered...
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Brown pelican no longer endangered

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. officials Wednesday removed the brown pelican from the list of threatened and endangered species.
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