Petition Aims to Protect Habitat for Endangered Puerto Rican Plain Pigeon

Petition Aims to Protect Habitat for Endangered Puerto Rican Plain Pigeon

Center for Biological Diversity: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservationists today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate and protect critical habitat for the Puerto Rican plain pigeon under the Endangered Species Act. The plain pigeon, despite being listed as endangered in 1970, has never received the corresponding habitat protection and continues to decline in numbers.