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Government failure to recommend emergency order to protect endangered orcas prompts legal challenge from conservation groups

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

VANCOUVER/UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH), AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES – Conservation groups filed a legal challenge over the failure of the federal Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment and Climate Change to make a timely recommendation to Cabinet for an emergency order — an action they’re legally required to take under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) after determining that Southern Resident killer whales face imminent threats to their survival and recovery.    

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