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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

Gutierrez, Justice, and Mesker were camping with classmates from Punahou, usually described as “a prestigious Honolulu prep school.” He didn’t maim or touch the animals, period,” said his lawyer, Myles Breiner, during his not guilty plea. During the night they left their friends and entered the sleeping seabird colony.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. Birds aren’t the only animals who have made strong comebacks thanks to the Endangered Species Act.

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