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New effort to bring Hawaii’s native crow back to the wild
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – There’s a new effort to bring back native Alala birds to Maui, according to The Board of Land and Natural Resources.
The species went extinct in the wild 20 years ago.
A previous reintroduction project was halted on Hawaii Island five years ago largely because the native Hawaiian hawk, a natural predator, was preying on the birds.
The BLNR plans to release Alala birds on Maui, where there are no hawks.
A date for the first release has not been set.
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