In 1959, Hawaii introduced cattle egrets to eat flies around livestock; they spread across the islands and created unexpected challenges

The initial farm experiment in Hawaii gradually became one of the state’s most controversial wildlife episodes. According to the study published in the Journal of the Hawaii Audubon Society, 105 cattle egrets were released across the Hawaiian Islands in 1959 in an effort to control arthropod pests affecting cattle.

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