Honey Girls baby found dead Oct 5, 2008

Initial (first) report:
Unfortunately, I am writing with some bad news. David Schofield called this morning to say that DB Dunlap found a deceased monk seal in Waimanalo and it has been confirmed to be Hoku (RW18). This is PO2 from the Northshore Crawford pupping site, son of R5AY (Honeygirl). He was formerly identified as Hana in this forum and was the pup that a crew of which my wife and I were a part of the team that monitored him from birth to transport.

I don't really have any more details to share other than that they have retreived the animal and are scheduled for a necropsy later this afternoon. I will keep you updated as soon as I hear more.

Update this evening:
For those of you who are unaware, a dead male monk seal was found on the beach in Waimanalo this morning. He was confirmed to be Hoku (RW18). This is PO2 from the Northshore Crawford pupping site, son of R5AY (Honeygirl). Hoku's necropsy was this afternoon but unfortunately he had passed 24-48 hours prior so there was not any conclusive information to determine the cause of death. Tissue samples have been collected and further research will be conducted. We may never know exactly what happened.