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Movement, survival, and disease profile of translocated and resident Hawaiian monk seals at Nihoa Island, Hawaii.
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«Scientists have long understood that monk seals are very special animals,» said Kristofer Helgen, curator of mammals at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
As the alleged evidence that feral cats are a major threat to wild bird populations evaporates, ailurophobes have amplified claims that free - roaming cats are to blame for outbreaks of the parasitic protozoan infection Toxoplasma gondii that were first found to afflict California sea otters in 2002,» causing about 17 % of identified deaths, and have killed at least eight Hawaiian monk seals in 2015 alone.
That understanding is helping government and private conservation groups develop monitoring and management plans to help protect not only endangered species, such as the monk seal, but all at - risk marine mammals.»
The Disney Worldwide Conservation fund has awarded a $ 25,000 grant for the rescue of endangered Hawaiian monk seals to The Marine Mammal Center, which is building a $ 3.2 million rehabilitation facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii on the Big Island.
Sick and injured Hawaiian monk seals will get a second chance at survival thanks to The Marine Mammal Center's new Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital, which is dedicated to the rescue and care of this critically endangered species.
«Every step of the way — from the moment they were rescued by NOAA researchers on a remote beach to their time at Ke Kai Ola to their release back to the wild — these Hawaiian monk seals will receive the best medical support available.»
Lucky Seven Kilo is just one of seven female Hawaiian monk seals released last month after receiving special care at Ke Kai Ola.
We've also recently installed new interpretative signage at Ke Kai Ola to educate visitors about the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals and the need for their conservation as well as what people can do to help them.
Pearl and Hermes Go Home The Center's two most recent patients at Ke Kai Ola got that second chance at the end of September, when they were transported back to their home in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during the NOAA research trip that included the monk seal survey.
November 28, 2017 #GivingTuesday Means Giving Second Chances: Endangered Hawaiian monk seals released back to the wild on #GivingTuesday after receiving life - saving care at The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola hospital
November 8, 2017 Endangered Hawaiian monk seal rescued on Kauai released back to the wild after rehabilitation at Ke Kai Ola, a dedicated hospital for monk seals
Fat and molting, Kauai's yearling Hawaiian Monk Seal RH38 has returned to Kauai waters after spending two months at Ke Kai Ola, a dedicated Marine Mammal Center hospital for monk seals on Hawaii Island.
Smaller breeding sub-populations also occur on Necker Island and Nihoa Island, and monk seals have been observed at Gardner Pinnacles and Maro Reef.