The Trump administration is preparing to remove protections for look-alike species. Plants and animals that aren’t threatened or endangered themselves but look like imperiled species.

A lot of plants and animals look like other species, which makes it difficult to protect the endangered ones. The Endangered Species Act allows for the protection of the look-alike species to make it easier to protect the threatened and endangered wildlife.

“It’s disturbing to see the Trump administration moving to strip crucial Endangered Species Act protections from yet more animals, with potentially devastating consequences,” said Lia Comerford, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Nothing has changed for these pumas, blue butterflies, sturgeon and turtles. They still look like they did yesterday and will continue to be easily mistaken for imperiled species. These protections are still sorely needed to protect the imperiled species from further decline and to keep these look-alike animals from becoming threatened or endangered themselves. The Fish and Wildlife Service has offered no good reason for removing or revising protections for these species. This is the Trump administration continuing its bizarre war on biodiversity.”