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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

RARE PHOTOS: Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species fired workers warn | Vintage Vibes

A grizzly bear.
A grizzly bear. Project 2025, the rightwing manifesto published ahead of last year’s election, called for the delisting of the gray wolf and grizzly bear. Photograph: Gabriella Zsuzsanna Jenei/Alamy

Donald Trump’s blitz on federal science agencies has increased the risk of endangered species going extinct, fired government experts have warned.

The new administration, and its so-called “department of government efficiency”, led by the billionaire Elon Musk, has fired thousands of employees at science agencies, with funding halted at the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

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