Why are some threatened, vulnerable and endangered species' locations being unobscured?

Hi Jonny, welcome to the iNat Forum! For some previous flag discussions on these particular species, check out:
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/464158
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/349695
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/400263
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/466221

If you have a question or concern about the geoprivacy status of a particular species, head to the taxon page and flag it for curation. For example, search for bald eagle in the main header search and click About, which brings you to: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5305-Haliaeetus-leucocephalus

Then on the right side of the page under the graph, click Curation, then Flag for Curation. You can leave a short note, then use the comments section once the flag is created to leave a longer message or provide URLs or other references if you’d like.

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For more on iNaturalist’s geoprivacy policy, check out this page:
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/curator+guide#geoprivacy

and many discussions on the forum: https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=obscured

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