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title: "Life after dog attack: Laysan Albatross A432 is back on Kauai for a second breeding season"
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# Life after dog attack: Laysan Albatross A432 is back on Kauai for a second breeding season

*ACAP Latest News* has previously reported on a Laysan Albatross *Phoebastria immutabilis* ([Near Threatened)](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/laysan-albatross-phoebastria-immutabilis) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that survived an attack by dogs as a chick in 2012.  Following rehabilitation and release by Save our Shearwaters ([SOS](https://saveourshearwaters.org/)) the bird, identified by its band A432,  was seen back on the island in the 2017/18 season when it bred successfully ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/en/search14?q=A432)).

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/A432-1-Dec-2017-Hob-Osterland.jpg)

 A432 checks out her newly-laid egg in December 2017, photograph by Hob Osterlund

 News is now in from SOS that the bird has returned for its second breeding attempt, with its 2017/18 mate, and they are incubating a new egg.  *ACAP Latest News*wishes A432 a long life and successful breeding career.

 [View a video clip](https://www.facebook.com/SaveOurShearwaters/videos/335329087065927/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARBpNLVhPa4J1vWOaP7RkSTrNBZn-t2JvxLvLCLW1p8tNbLBOuWpzPC0QBHBjNFUYmBBNQqAgcXoehln&hc_ref=ARTUeUNcHBvdraLcdd4s2ytOGgc9XzOvBRP5qa_F1jLoyQ6bHr6dFLxCE4aRCwTviDw&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARBCgNu2_gyQytE0grGAhsu9vht-qkE6p6r0LqTdVWESnVCEVD9rOlUbdebp69I__g3UPXc_C0O-wdI9OWPYA68UYWs5YYx2t46hUkQQ-khE-g5ma7ydksNGPlgr21kP1JaqklSxlStnaI5K_Kzee8jtBCBSsFwOt4sLn1puWc10zxeRUO7sXQo_BElQXuSD_a_1dna5SxsdbA-730miXcTiePhmTygQkQoTJ5FKRorCzadEroSLh7e7tsTYLUtmtz647oB4KifAvbzT5mw4y6jmTwspA99nC5kYfF8Ad5fcjGyfYY-xQM0sPw5Qt7lCn7unP6_ybAVovBGLKuN4imcsMWl_tS6mfE8) of A432 swimming vigorously in the SOS conditioning pool while undergoing rehabilitation.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 04 February 2019*