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Racing to Save 2 Samoan Endemics

10,000 Birds

Americans of a certain age will recall how close their country came to losing the Bald Eagle.). Sadly, that is indeed the situation in Samoa, where the Manumea , or Tooth-billed Pigeon , numbers fewer than 200 individuals. But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird.

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