21.   Football, with its enormous expenses and swollen rosters, has always been a protected species to the detriment of other sports.

22.   He downed a killdeer, a protected species.

23.   Hoping to halt the depletion of stocks, the Brazilian fish dealers and government officials are planning to draw up new recommendations to expand the protected species list.

24.   In the United States, the gray wolf is a protected species, guarded by tough federal legislation.

25.   It is a federally protected endangered species, off limits to fishermen.

26.   It would leave considerable power in the hands of the secretary of the interior, whose agency would continue to control conservation plans for protected species using government regulations.

27.   No, as the Rangers prepare to de-vermin their baseball operation, Kennedy was not tagged as a protected species.

28.   Often the victims of habitat destruction, sea dragons have become a protected species in Australia.

29.   Officially, the double-crested cormorant is a protected species, its safety guarded by federal law.

30.   Other protected species in the area include the salt marsh yellowthroat, salt marsh song sparrow and Suisun shrew.