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Article: Hawaii's threatened animals -- and how you can help.(Lifestyle)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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Even if the humpback whale is taken off the federal endangered species list, which could happen as early as next year according to a recent news report, Hawai'i will remain the state with by far the most threatened animal and plant species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service currently counts 330 imperiled species in Hawai'i, with California the closest at 309.
The two states' endangered lists share the migratory humpback -- as well as three kinds of sea turtles -- but the remoteness of the Hawaiian Islands makes it understandable that most of their at-risk animals are truly unique. Since my recent Aloha Friday column on state emblems covered the plights of the ...