Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2018
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. Children screamed and ran for home. Women gathered their long skirts and hurried for the shelter of stores.
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