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Unfortunately, the ESA has failed at recovering and delisting species since it's inception. Only 25 domestic species have been "delisted" or removed from the species list since 1973 — seven due to extinction and twelve due to "data error" (read: "never should have been listed in the first place"), and the remaining species benefitting from other activities such as the banning of DDT.
| Species |
Date Delisted |
Reason |
| Mexican Duck |
July 25, 1978 |
Original Data In Error |
| Tecopa Pupfish |
January 15, 1982 |
Extinct |
| Longjaw Cisco |
September 2, 1983 |
Extinct |
| Blue Pike |
September 2, 1983 |
Extinct |
| Santa Barbara Song Sparrow |
October 12, 1983 |
Extinct |
| Pine Barrens Tree Frog |
November 22, 1983 |
Original Data In Error |
| Sampson's Pearly Mussel |
January 9, 1984 |
Extinct |
| Bahama Swallowtail Butterfly |
August 31, 1984 |
Orignial Data In Error |
| Brown Pelican (Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf population) |
February 4, 1985 |
Recovered |
| American Alligator |
June 4, 1987 |
Recovered |
| Amistad Gambusia |
December 4, 1987 |
Extinct |
| Rydberg Milk-Vetch |
September 14, 1989 |
Recovered |
| Purple-Spined Hedgehog Cactus |
November 27, 1989 |
Original Data In Error |
| Dusky Seaside Sparrow |
December 12, 1990 |
Extinct |
| Tumamoc Globeberry |
June 18, 1993 |
Original Data In Error |
| Spineless Hedgehog Cactus |
September 22, 1993 |
Original Data In Error |
| McKittrick Pennyroyal |
September 22, 1993 |
Original Data In Error |
| Arctic Peregrine Falcon |
October 5, 1994 |
Recovered |
| Cuneate Bidens |
February 6, 1996 |
Original Data In Error |
| Lloyd's Hedgehog Cactus |
June 24, 1999 |
Original Data In Error |
| Peregrine Falcon |
August 25, 1999 |
Recovered |
| Dismal Swamp Southeastern Shrew |
February 28, 2000 |
Original Data In Error |
| Umpqua River Cutthroat Trout |
April 19, 2000 |
Original Data In Error |
| Aleutian Canada Goose |
March 20, 2001 |
Recovered |
| Cinquefoil Robbins' |
August 27, 2002 |
Recovered |
March 18, 2003
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