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California's monarch butterfly population plummets

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The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter .

The butterfly's Western population has plummeted more than 95% since the 1980s .

Habitat destruction, pesticides and extreme weather fluctuation are all to blame for the butterfly's decline.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a proposal to list the butterfly as an endangered species in December .

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