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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. attempting to create new
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previous rules preventing
endangered species relo-
cations. As global warming
intensifies, habitat changes
are “forcing some wildlife
to new areas to survive,
while squeezing other spe-
cies closer to extinction,”
Interior Secretary Deb Haa-
land said in a statement.
She said allowing reloca-
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