Canada Places Monarch Butterflies on Country’s Endangered Species List

Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctively-hued orange and black wings, have officially been listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA). Cabinet upgraded the status of monarch butterflies from special concern to endangered after Parliament received a Department of Environment report detailing the decline of one of the species’ key food sources: milkweed. “This species is one of a few butterflies that migrate,” reads the report, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Their migration from southern Canada to Mexico has been described as an endangered biological phenomenon.” The “endangered” designation necessitates the development of a plan to save both monarch butterflies and the species’ habitat....