EPA and Naugas

In the first major environmental success for the new administration, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announce the removal of the nauga from the Endangered Species list.  

According to the press release:  
“These gentle creatures once roamed the plains in such numbers that the ground was barely visible beneath them; the air a cacophony of hundreds of thousands of their, ‘nauga nauga nauga’ vocalizations.  The naugas were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1960s and 70s for their hides – for use in cheap automobile upholstery.  But thanks to changes in consumer preferences, a successful captive breeding program, and the nauga’s prodigious rate of reproduction, their continued success as a species is all but assured.”    

An EPA spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity hinted at more good news on the horizon, related to the Corinthian buffalo, also once hunted for its fine leather.