Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald: Triumphant Return? ʻAlalā to be released into the wild later this year
Posted on Mar 2, 2016 in News & EventsBy TOM CALLIS Hawaii Tribune-Herald
It’s almost time for the ‘alala to once again spread its wings over Hawaii Island’s forests.
Hawaii’s last remaining native crow species, extinct in the wild for about 14 years, will begin to be released from a captive breeding program in September, with a dozen in all to be offered freedom by year’s end to seed what biologists hope will be their comeback.