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A critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal known as Malama, who previously recovered from malnutrition after treatment at a hospital, was found dead on Oahu this year. National experts found that the Hawaiian animal was deliberately killed by blunt force trauma. $5,000 reward for information on who killed the animal.
US authorities on Tuesday offered a $5,000 reward for information on who killed a Hawaiian monk seal after one of the critically endangered animals was found dead on Oahu this year.
The female seal, known as Malama, was found dead on March 12 in Ohikilolo, a spot between Keaau Beach Park and Makua Valley, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a press release.
A post-mortem examination determined the cause of death to be “blunt force trauma”. National experts in marine mammal radiology and forensics concluded that the animal was deliberately killed, the release said.
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An endangered Hawaiian monk seal rests on a beach in Haena State Park on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. An endangered Hawaiian monk seal known as Malama was deliberately killed this year by blunt force trauma. The US has offered a $5,000 reward for information on the killer. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Last year, Malama was treated for malnutrition at the Marine Mammal Center’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital on the Big Island. She was released in January, after which she was in good condition and exhibited normal seal behavior.
The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered seal species in the world. About 1,570 of the animals live in the wild. About 1,200 seals live on the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, a series of atolls largely uninhabited by humans. Another 400 live on the main Hawaiian Islands, where Honolulu and other cities are located. They cannot be found anywhere else.
In 2021, a Hawaiian monk seal was found shot to death on the island of Molokai. It was the third deliberate killing of a monk seal on the rural island in 2021, and the seventh in 10 years, according to NOAA.
Endangered Hawaiian monk seal killed by blunt force trauma
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