Palila v. Hawaii Dep't of Land & Natural Resources

ELR Citation: ELR 20446
No(s). 79-4636 (9th Cir. Feb 9, 1981)

Affirming the lower court's decision, 9 ELR 20426, the court agrees that Hawaii's game management practice of allowing feral goats and sheep in the critical habitat of the endangered Palila bird constituted an unlawful "taking" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The feral animals destroy the Pa...