> federal officials declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status but said no action would be taken for several years because

> federal officials declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status but said no action would be taken for several years because of the many other species awaiting that designation This really brought home how many species are going extinct: there’s literally a waiting list to be considered endangered. And these are often the charismatic ones we hear about. So incredibly sad.