In 1793, Captain Vancouver gifted cattle to Hawaiis king; decades later, feral herds tore through crops and altered native island ecosystems
In 1793, a ship captain gifted a few cattle to a Hawaiian king. It might have looked like a friendly gesture at the time, but the effects lasted for generations. The National Park Service explains that Captain George Vancouver brought cattle to Hawaii Island as a gift for Kamehameha. The Hawaiian king ordered that the … Read more