quickly faced mass extermination much like the seals the other inhabitants of the island like arctic foxes and sea altars were not faithful of humans as a result they ended up easy prey for the hunters who came to the island by the end of the eighteenth century valuable fur bearing on animals but found themselves on the brink of extinction. every now and then russian merchants pillage the islands arctic foxes the sea otters where in an incredible numbers here and then they were killed by the thousands. osieck i was made extinct within twenty six years later commander islands where the only habitat for that marine mammal. in one thousand nine hundred three almost the entire territory commanded lions was declared a protected area hunting and other economic activity were banned as a result there was a gradual growth in the population of rare animals. is an employee of the reserve he monitors the population of birds and animals and keeps a record. which we are going to ari cam and top are called we are in luck today the sea is calm the weather is nice there is a big hurry there are lots of sea