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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Horses bolted. On the WCS web page, Ms. What happened to Thelma and Louise? Children screamed and ran for home.

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