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Honolulu Star-Advertiser: 3 Young Monk Seals Get Second Chance at Life at Midway Atoll

April 11, 2023
  • Malnutrition
  • Species conservation

3 young monk seals get second chance at life at Midway Atoll

Published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: April 11, 2023

A second chance at life.

That’s what three endangered Hawaiian monk seals now have as they return to life in the wild at Midway Atoll.

Wildlife officials rescued the three last year, when they were malnourished juvenile seals in the remote atoll, also known as Kuaihelani, at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

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