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• Chicago man arrested for allegedly shooting endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish Play Video

  April 13, 2026 4:16 PM

  PINE PRAIRIE — A Chicago man was arrested for allegedly killing an endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish, the second crane killed there in recent months. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that on March 19, biologists reported a lost signal on a whooping crane's tracking collar.... more »

• Judge won't block meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act

  March 27, 2026 1:04 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf. District of Columbia District Judge Rudolph Contreras rejected... more »

• Missing Lafayette children found safe; endangerment alert canceled Play Video

  April 15, 2025 4:33 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Louisiana State Police canceled an endangered/missing child advisory two missing boys were found safe. Both children were discovered missing from their home on Bridgeway Drive in Lafayette around 8:30 p.m. Monday. They were found safe shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. more »

• Witness in ongoing investigation missing, believed to be endangered

  August 9, 2024 1:08 PM

  LAPLACE - Detectives are searching for a missing woman who is a witness in an ongoing investigation. Jovan Johnson, 40, is a witness in an ongoing investigation in St. John Parish. The investigation was scheduled to go to trial on Monday. Johnson was last seen leaving her workplace... more »

• Endangered 14-year-old girl found safe after reported missing out of Holden, police say

  February 10, 2022 7:23 PM

  HOLDEN - A missing 14-year-old girl from Holden was found safe and returned home, police reported Saturday. In a Saturday morning release, police stated, " Louisiana State Police have cancelled the Level II Endangered Missing Child Alert that was issued on behalf of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office. Destiny... more »

• Pandas no longer on endangered species list, but still vulnerable

  September 5, 2016 2:20 PM

  The International Union for Conservation of Nature said in a report released Sunday that the panda has been taken off the "endangered" species list and is now classified as "vulnerable." The change reflects its growing numbers in the wild of southern China. According to the report, the wild panda... more »

• UPDATE: Endangered baby monkey born at zoo dies

  March 15, 2016 2:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announced the death of its newborn golden lion tamarin that was born at the zoo last Wednesday. Zoo keepers found the baby in extremely weak condition on Monday and then placed it into veterinary care at the zoo’s George Felton, Jr. Veterinary Hospital.... more »

• Rehabilitated, critically-endangered sea turtle released into Gulf of Mexico Play Video

  October 5, 2015 11:21 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Audubon Nature Institute, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, rescued, rehabilitated and released a critically-endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico last Wednesday. On July 15, LDWF was contacted by a concerned family fishing in the Gulf of... more »