HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers are keeping close watch over a newborn Hawaiian monk seal that is the first pub born in the main Hawaiian Islands in 2015. ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers are keeping close watch over a newborn Hawaiian
HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers are keeping close watch over a newborn Hawaiian monk seal that is the first pub born in the main Hawaiian Islands in 2015.
HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers are keeping close watch over a newborn Hawaiian monk seal that is the first pub born in the main Hawaiian Islands in 2015.
A monk seal known as Honey Girl gave birth Wednesday on Oahu’s North Shore. This is Honey Girl’s ninth pup. Honey Girl nearly died 2 ½ years ago after a fishing hook lodged in her mouth.
The critically endangered species numbers less than 1,100 and is declining in population size. Only 1 in 5 seals born in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands survive to its first birthday.
Volunteers with the Monk Seal Foundation will be extra vigilant watching over the newborn this weekend because nearby Turtle Bay Resort is overrun with crowds.
