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Hawaiian Wild Cattle

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Size

2,000 pounds.

Color

Brown, black white.

Characteristics and Genetics

A feral breed of domestic cattle called Hawaiian wild cattle was introduced around the end of the 18th century. On the island of Hawaii, many of them are still free to roam through the forests. Hawaiian cowboys, known as paniolos, were created in 1832 when Kamehameha III invited vaqueros from California, which was then a part of Mexico, to teach native Hawaiians how to manage the wild animals. On Mauna Kea, a bullock hole was where the crushed body of Scottish botanist David Douglas was discovered in 1834. Although animals were frequently caught in those traps, in this instance, the likelihood of murder was taken into account. Numerous plant species in the Hawaiian Islands have declined considerably as a result of feral livestock.

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Table

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