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Hawaiian wild cattle is a feral breed of domestic cattle (''Bos taurus''〔)〔 introduced at the end of 18th century. Thousands〔 of them are still freely roaming forested〔 areas on the Island of Hawaiʻi.〔〔 ==History== In 1793 and in 1794 Captain George Vancouver gave four bulls and eight cows〔 to Hawaiian king Kamehameha I. Kamehameha placed a kapu (Hawaiian taboo) on the hunting of the feral cattle which was not lifted until 1830.〔〔 As a consequence by 1846 25,000 cattle were roaming the countryside in addition to 10,000 semi-domesticated cattle.〔 The huge herds were destroying crops and sometimes even killing people so hunting was begun to reduce numbers of animals.〔 In 1832 Kamehameha III invited vaqueros from California ,then part of Mexico, to train native Hawaiians in managing the wild livestock, which led to the development of Hawaiian cowboys - paniolos.〔〔 The trampled dead body of Scottish botanist David Douglas (discoverer of the Douglas fir) was found in 1834 in a bullock pit on Mauna Kea . Those traps were known for catching people, but the possibility of murder was considered in this case.〔 Feral cattle contributed significantly to the decline of many plant species in the Hawaiian Islands.〔 Today the Department of Land and Natural Resources 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hawaiian wild cattle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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