https://www.climate-policy-watcher.org/endangered-species/n-1.html
The story kind of jumps in the middle of it. The landowner
(Smalley) didn't cause the problems of the alala, but she damn near prevented its salvation.
To continue the story- even though she believed her land would best prevent their extinction, they died out on her land. The captive breeding is now considered a success with over 120 birds in captivity and after some starts and stops about 21 in the wild again.
Many simpletons think their ideologies are the best
solutions for everything, but thats simply not the case.
In another ironic twist in this case, it was National
Audubon that came off as the bad guy, by arguing to capture some of the remaining alala, but it was they who nearly lead to the demise of the California Condor by arguing precisely the opposite in the 80s.