"Sometimes the of a species can be traced back to a single cause. More often there are a number of contributory factors. But the case of the has everything: murder, habitat destruction, political interference, the introduction of an alien species, dilution of the bloodstock by hybridisation, the effects of tourism, pollution, civil war, and an earthquake. Perhaps just as extraordinary as any of these things is the fact that the final years of its destruction were chronicled in the most intense detail by a fanatically dedicated woman named (1935–2011). In numerous magazine articles and papers in learned journals she recounted the story of her attempts to save the birds from disaster, and pleaded for help with her efforts. Finally, when all was lost, she wrote a highly personal book. Called Mama Poc (poc being the sound the birds made) and published in 1990, it is a thorough record of her forlorn struggle to save the species."
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