Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Three Kangaroos From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that three common species of kangaroos, the red kangaroo, the western gray kangaroo, and populations of the eastern gray kangaroo in mainland Australia, should be removed from the list of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act or ESA). The Service also announces that it is denying a December 20, 1989, petition to reimpose a ban on the commercial importation of products from these three species of kangaroos from mainland Australia on procedural grounds. The Service, with this rule, also rescinds the existing special rule applicable to threatened kangaroo populations.