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1903 Laysan Island rabbit release stripped island bare, drove 3 bird species extinct
German immigrant Max Schlemmer introduced rabbits to Laysan Island in 1903, causing vegetation depletion and the extinction of three bird species. President Theodore Roosevelt established the Hawaiian Islands Bird Reservation to protect remaining wildlife, and federal authorities later removed Schlemmer and eradicated the invasive rabbits.
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