Endangered Hawaiian Gallinules Killed by Feral Cats on Kaua'i
August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The American Bird Conservancy issued the following news release:
Endangered 'Alae 'Ula (Hawaiian Common Gallinules, previously called Hawaiian Common Moorhens) are the latest documented victims of feral cat predation on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. Two breeding adults were attacked and killed while sitting on their nest in a national wildlife refuge in late April. With no adults left to tend the nest, the birds' remaining three eggs and two hatchlings did no . . .
Endangered 'Alae 'Ula (Hawaiian Common Gallinules, previously called Hawaiian Common Moorhens) are the latest documented victims of feral cat predation on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. Two breeding adults were attacked and killed while sitting on their nest in a national wildlife refuge in late April. With no adults left to tend the nest, the birds' remaining three eggs and two hatchlings did no . . .