News Links to Kauai Monk Seal

Aloha Good People;

Below are a couple of links to the various media reports on the Kauai Monk Seal brought to Oahu for surgery. Of course the best news is she didn't need surgery and she is a mature healthy female. For obvious reasons the healthy females are essential to the species survival. As this quote that was printed in the Star Bulletin states:

"The 4- to 5-year-old female is important to the endangered population of Hawaiian monk seals, of which only 80 to 100 live in the main Hawaiian islands. An additional estimated 1,200 live in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
"This is a young female just sexually matured in the past year or two, so the fact that she survived is very important to the population. She'll hopefully soon be making many, many babies here in the main Hawaiian islands," said Braun."

For more information on this story please click on the links below!

http://starbulletin.com/2008/06/28/news/story06.html
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080628/NEWS01/806280314/-1/RSS02

http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/7747/40/