USA - Voice of America: Hawaii's Birds Threatened by Invasive Predators, Habitat Loss

USA - Voice of America usa

Hawaii's Birds Threatened by Invasive Predators, Habitat Loss Jul 2nd 2012, 23:20 On the U.S. Pacific island state of Hawaii, an invasive predator is threatening many native bird species with extinction.  The predator is the mongoose, a non-native mammal introduced to the island chain over a century ago to control rats in the sugar cane fields.   Now, environmental groups say, it's the mongoose that's out of control, feeding on the eggs and chicks of the island's many ground-nesting birds, including several endangered species that lay just one egg ... Media files: 1B4664D1-42F2-48B6-8CC8-1E9DD0B21A01_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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