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Dec 17, 2020 · About 1,400 monk seals live in the Hawaiian Archipelago—300 in the main Hawaiian Islands and 1,100 in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This study, conducted by NOAA scientists and colleagues, summarized the causes of monk seal deaths in the main Hawaiian Islands from 1992 to 2019 (114 seals). It found that more than half of the ...
Since 2009, at least 14 monk seals have been deliberately killed on the MHI. Some additional suspicious cases could not be conclusively attributed to intentional killing. In 2021, at least three monk seals were shot or bludgeoned to death on Molokaʻi. Unfortunately, people killing seals on purpose is one of the top three threats affecting MHI ...
Jul 16, 2024 · The Marine Mammal Center, the world’s largest marine mammal hospital, has admitted an endangered Hawaiian monk seal at the Center’s hospital in Kailua-Kona, Ke Kai Ola. The juvenile male monk seal, R8HA, is currently in serious but stable condition.
Aug 18, 2017 · The Hawaiian monk seal is susceptible to several diseases that could lead to widespread seal deaths. For example, an outbreak of Phocine distemper virus (PDV) in 1988 caused the death of over 10,000 harbor seals in northern Europe. In the same year, two more outbreaks of viral disease in aquatic mammals occurred, one in Lake Baikal, Siberia ...
Jun 15, 2023 · A team with Hawai'i Marine Animal Response said they located the body of a 3-month-old seal named Hoʻomau Lehua on the North Shore of the island, home to the state's capital of Honolulu. The seal ...
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Dec 7, 2010 · Cat Disease Threatens Endangered Monk Seals. On the beaches of the Hawaiian islands, monk seals are dying from a pathogen in cat feces that is carried to the ocean in polluted runoff and sewage ...
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Nov 21, 2023 · Hawaiian monk seal conservation volunteers play an integral role in helping save this endangered species by monitoring and identifying seals that may require rescue and rehabilitation. Volunteers also provide valuable public outreach to help raise awareness about the risks of human and pet interactions, and why this native animal is critical to the health of our shared ocean home.
