Writing Problems: Extinction

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Twenty-three species became extinct this year. The last individuals of the ivory-billed woodpecker, Bachman’s warbler, Scioto madtom, San Marcos gambusia, eight species of Southeastern freshwater mussels, eight birds and a flower from Hawaiʻi, and a bird and bat from Guam.

Endangered species wait 12 years years to get safeguards from the government. The…