Lucas Haddaway
lucashaddaway.bsky.social
Lucas Haddaway
@lucashaddaway.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Carleton University
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Bad media science takes can kill off whole species.

Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth.

Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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action-oriented research constituted only 2% of available literature on terrestrial species listed as #endangered in Canada, and for 61% of these species we found no literature investigating outcomes of conservation actions
January 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Lucas Haddaway
New work by @adbinley.bsky.social and others: 61% of endangered species in Canada lack research on what conservation actions work. We need more action-based research. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action
Summary of the available peer-reviewed literature for 209 terrestrial species at risk listed as Endangered in Canada. The number of species in each category is noted in the rectangle to the right of ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Check out our new paper investigating the availability of literature on the efficacy of #conservation action to support #endangeredspecies in Canada doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action
Summary of the available peer-reviewed literature for 209 terrestrial species at risk listed as Endangered in Canada. The number of species in each category is noted in the rectangle to the right of ...
doi.org
January 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM