Short-Tailed Albatross

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This paper explains that the Short Tailed Albatross has declined in population due to feather hunters in the late nineteenth century and collecting eggs for food, feathers to insulate quilts and pillows and for writing to quills. The paper relates that governments are implementing regulations in an effort to protect this species from potential extinction.

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"The Short-Tailed Albatross has perpetually decreased in population, especially in the Northern Hawaiian Islands. The decline is a direct result of hunting at breeding colonies over the years. The Albatross was/is killed for their eggs for food, and feathers to insulate down quilts, pillows, and sometimes hats. Writing quills were made out of wing and tail feathers while the rest of their body was processed into fertilizer. However, governments are implementing regulations in an effort to protect this species from potential extinction."

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