WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release: * * * Conservation Groups Across US Respond to Trump Administration's Attacks on Endangered Species Act The Trump Administration weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with a final rulemaking that could open the door to widespread destruction of habitat for endangered wildlife by rescinding the regulatory definition of "harm" under the ESA. This is the first in a series of rollbacks aimed at dismantling the law that has saved iconic American wildlife fr more PR