Endangered Species

Was told that cacti here in Arizona are considered an endangered species because of how long and difficult it is for a cactus to grow. It' takes anywhere from 50,000-100,000 seeds to be planted, but only one will actually take to form a cactus. Everywhere you look you see every shape, size, and form of cacti everywhere. You can tell by looking at some of them a guess of how old they could be. The one's that have at least one arm, you can assume it's at least a 100 yrs old, and for each additional arms it's another 100 yrs for each arm. The photos above are just of some i found around Tucson that had many arms on it. So according to the fact, each cactus is a good couple 100+ yrs. So assuming that you figure they're everywhere, it won't matter if one is missing, WRONG! Citizens are not allowed to just cut one down to dispose of it if it's in the way. You will get heavily fined. For example, if you have a cactus in your yard, and someone noticed you had removed it, you as the owner of the property will get heavily fined too for removing the cactus. Before you are allowed to do so, you have to get permission from the city first to move the cactus. If approved by the city, you don't just start digging away like you're moving a tree. When you are digging up the cactus to remove it you have to have a sign on the front of the cactus telling what part was the front, back, and the original direction the cactus was facing. That way when you do replant it, it's imperative that the same side be facing the same direction as the original setting of the cactus.