Canada Places Monarch Butterflies on Country’s Endangered Species List

Canada Places Monarch Butterflies on Country’s Endangered Species List
A file photo of a monarch butterfly. (Danaus plexippus) on Dec. 19, 2016. Enrique Castro/AFP via Getty Images
Jennifer Cowan
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Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctively-hued orange and black wings, have officially been listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA).

Cabinet upgraded the status of monarch butterflies from special concern to endangered after Parliament received a Department of Environment report detailing the decline of one of the species’ key food sources: milkweed.

Jennifer Cowan
Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
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