How Did the Heath Hen Become Extinct?
As the Human Population Increased, the Heath Hen Population Decreased, Largely Due to Hunting. .. . in 1921 a Disease Carried by Domestic Chickens Spread to...
As the human population increased, the heath hen population decreased, largely due to hunting. ... In 1921 a disease carried by domestic chickens spread to the heath hen population and their number dropped to 100 birds. By 1927 there were only 13 heath hens left. The last heath hen died in 1932.
What happened to the heath hen?
The last birds were wiped out by a series of relatively common, but deadly, natural events: fire, starvation, predation, and disease. But the heath hen's continued existence as a species would not have been so vulnerable to these occurrences if their populations had not been severely reduced already by human hunting.
When did heath hen go extinct?
Once thriving in habitats from Maine to the Carolinas, by 1870 the Heath Hen had dwindled to a single population on Martha's Vineyard (off Cape Cod, Massachusetts), where local officials established a preserve. But the bird was extinct by 1932.
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