j^r 
‘1 XI 
vv. 
December *;ii^ lOO^y 
2 
Jai;o^ aiAcl beta of tlicco had cx'uched areao in the slrall that I feol 
c^'^^4-a bcon^ccucGd by a 1 inca ptoe. ‘fhc Etatioii had a piroToy vhich 
T.ma hii-lia:;: birua for maxiLo^ bxit :c otado thorn get rid of it." Kxese 
YY’o tao only incoancoc of mobcota'oiocx of Xi*! Id Life of any hind on 
luXTo th^r:; lioyo occ^rrred ^sluco I have been vorlrln^ thc*ro. 
Ad 1 ^.'.jntiouod;^ the pras all diGapi:)oarcd from the Island, ana this 
tao i'aof and sand op its, in J'uixc x/hen they vcrc still fa their 
^•aOvX.: polj;je^ and none have been soon to elate* X bo^in to {i^aeso 
v.aerc the*]/ s^otic, bu “0 oven if ‘they all suz*Y*ivo the herd lias onl^^ 
pro'uuced ono live youn^ for every nine adults. Sxe state has ‘^iven 
permits for oeveri adults off Kure since I have been there, and of these 
Oifly are alive, ^c\ro vie £jca Life Pdxic and, I thinls:, tvo at 
bhlhi:-:! Aauarmri. 2^;7o of the dead ciod befere 
have collected tvo adults for thi . ___ 
permit x.'^s ^*otton only to give mo legal leoxTuy to try to devolOT) a 
■crun^ilisor dosage for thea, and 
tiioy got off iCurc. 
Kuseu:^ on a permit-for sim. The 
^ rcive ocsii unsuccessful do far 
Tao other Loex/ards are vex'y rarely visited by military pcraonnel, 
and ^incG Gene lir^'-cdier has gone to uonolulu this xrill probably be Loss 
frequent. She sears <a^o Jxxst about gone from HidxTuy; I've gotten a 
Qj. ej.c 701* ao ox:o uiico. host of oiie animLc cn Kuro are more 
than uiioso ou ‘one unxnhabitcu islands, and even though they are 
haraqsoci oy uixardsmon, Just people and an occasional vehicle on 
poiie bvixvc probably done this* liost of the pups x;ora boiu^ this 
year on vuo sGutnxresn beaches, vhich arc also more froquontly used 
by nununs. ^hoxrevcr, xxono of the eleven puxxs hillod xrcre youngj they 
x:cra a couple of montlis old and 100 pounds or so, so I don^t fcol that 
disturbance caused tiie hllliuga. 
n 
jusu minor harassment, so its haven Is certuixxXy the unird:abitcd 
of the fcdos^al refuge. 
Siiicorely, 
Wiiliavi Oi TTii^ts, 
Kesoax'ch Curator, 
rds 
juiyraxoii of 
