Here are some animals you might not know were once saved from extinction by the Endangered Species Act. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)The federal Endangered Species Act has been called the world’s gold standard for environmental protection. At a recent hearing to discuss “modernizing the Endangered Species Act,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo. Here are eight species that would probably have disappeared already were it not for the Endangered Species Act. They were listed as endangered in 1967 under the Endangered Species Conservation Act that preceded the current act.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2017 14:05 UTC