Global News - December 2007
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US calls for foreign seabird protection
Wed 19 December 2007 12:30 UK — North America,Birds
US authorities have called for six seabirds found in foreign waters to be covered by the protection offered by the country's Endangered Species Act.
The six species of petrel and shearwater are native to New Zealand Fiji, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, but granting them threatened or endangered status would regulate any importing of the birds.
Officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service told Reuters that any move to add the birds to the endangered list would also help to raise awareness among foreign governments and populations of the need to conserve their numbers.
"Global conservation is a challenge that all of us in the Service accept and welcome," the organisation's Director, Dale Hall, told Reuters.
"Combined with the impressive support of our partners, I know we're making an important difference," he added.
While all the birds involved live on the open sea, Reuters reported that they face threats from non-native predators, such as feral cats, when they return to the coast to nest in colonies.
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