Endangered species in Canada face extensive delays receiving protection

By Peter R. Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Mary Ann C. Perron, Adjunct professor, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Geography, Nipissing University
Sara Cannon, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, University of British Columbia
William Bugg, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia

For more than 20 years, Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) has protected wildlife that are at risk of being lost from Canadian lands and waters. Once a species is listed as extirpated, endangered or threatened under the act, it becomes illegal to kill, harm or capture it or damage its residences. Its critical habitat must also be protected, at least on federal land.

Nevertheless, these protections are routinely delayed for years. Our…

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