seeks the protection of this Court . . . ." The appellate court did not object.) While the Palila has been rescued from extinction hundreds of Hawaiian ecosystems and organisms remain in danger, and it is likely there will be a similar debates on similar topics in the future. See also Hawaiian honeycreeper conservation References Nature conservation in the United States Endemic fauna of Hawaii Legal history of Hawaii 1981 in the environment 1981 in United States case law United States environmental case law 1981 in Hawaii United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases