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Hawaii Wild Fowl
These wild fowl are now only found on the island of Kauai. They were on all the islands until someone from the British Admiralty (when Hawaii was still British) got the bright idea to introduce mongooses thinking they would kill the rats (also introduced by the British although unintentionally). The local chief in Kauai did not allow bringing them in after he was bitten by one.
They did not kill any rats because rats come out at night and the mongooses only come out in the daytime so they never met. Mongooses love eggs thus wiping out the wild fowl on the other islands. Such is the wisdom of the British Admiralty.
As an aside, the correct plural for mongoose is still being debated but most sources prefer mongooses over mongeese.
Hawaii Wild Fowl
These wild fowl are now only found on the island of Kauai. They were on all the islands until someone from the British Admiralty (when Hawaii was still British) got the bright idea to introduce mongooses thinking they would kill the rats (also introduced by the British although unintentionally). The local chief in Kauai did not allow bringing them in after he was bitten by one.
They did not kill any rats because rats come out at night and the mongooses only come out in the daytime so they never met. Mongooses love eggs thus wiping out the wild fowl on the other islands. Such is the wisdom of the British Admiralty.
As an aside, the correct plural for mongoose is still being debated but most sources prefer mongooses over mongeese.