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Washington – The American bald eagle, the national symbol for the United States, may not be endangered for long.

The Interior Department is set to announce that the Bald Eagle will no longer be a part of the Endangered Species Act.

The bird has been in trouble with its population for forty years due to DDT poisoning and hunters. The eagle hit rock bottom in 1963 when it had only 417 mating pairs in all 48 states. Since then though there are now 10,000 mating pairs with at least one pair in each state.

This means that the Interior Department can now safely say that the Bald Eagle is not in trouble in any way shape or form. The recovery was concluded as a success back in 1999 but it took eight years before they wanted to safely take it off of the endangered species list.