How was the Hawaiian Poi Dog extinct?

Answer 1

The Po'ouli bird became extinct for various reasons. It is believed that loss of its main food native tree snails, habitat loss, predation from other animals like mongooses and cats and dogs, and diseases passed by mosquitoes caused it to become extinct.

Answer 2

To simply answer your question they were eaten born and breed as food.

The Hawaiian Poi Dog is a Pariah Hound that has become extinct. They came to Hawaii with the Polynesians during the first settlement more then 1,000 years ago. At one time this breed was an important part of the Polynesian people's life. The dogs lived amongst the tribes. Female tribe members took care of these dogs and even nursed Poi puppies believing it would give them more protective instincts. The puppies were sometimes give as a gift to an infant at birth. If the child died the dog was killed and buried with the child's body. If the child out-lived the dog, the dog's teeth were pulled and made into a necklaces to be worn by the child, continuing the believed "protection". The dogs were only fed poi, which is a granular past based on the taro root. This was done to fatten the dogs up, for they were not only used as a companion, but they were also eaten by the tribe. It was not uncommon for a dog to have slept with the children one night and eaten as the main course the next. The vegetarian poi diet made the dogs become inactive and obese and they often were found amongst the hogs. Over the years this vegetarian diet changed the shape of the dog's skulls. The heads became large and flat due to the disuse of the bones from lack of chewing. These dogs eventually became very lazy waddling around with distended bellies only to be eaten at some point. It was said that they seldom barked and ran with the hogs. Early in the 19th century, other dogs began to breed with the Hawaiian Poi Dog and the breed was no longer pure. Years later a breeding program was started at the Honolulu Zoo in attempts to reconstruct the breed. After 12 years of trying it was deemed a failure and the program was discontinued.

Answer 3

The Huia Bird became extinct because the male and femle could not e without each other, so when the Maori started killing them for the feathers, the partner of the one that got killed soon died because it could not eat. And the Huia Birds did not go and find a new partner once theirs had died so when the partner died the other one was pretty much stuffed.

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