Endangered Hawaiian monk seals start journey home after rehab
 

Endangered Hawaiian monk seals start journey home after rehab
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ABOARD U.S. COAST GUARD HC-130 HERCULES — A U.S. Coast Guard airplane rumbled down an airstrip on Hawaii's Big Island, carrying hundreds of pounds of rare and precious cargo: seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals.

Federal officials found most of the young animals mal**urished late last year in the uninhabited **rthwestern Hawaiian Islands, the **rthernmost islands and atolls in the Hawaiian Islands chain.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (**AA) brought the seals to the **nprofit Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island, which nursed them back to health. Read more...


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