Mongooses are both invasive and endangered, mainly invasive. It depends where they are, as a native species they are invasive and in their natural habitat they are endangered. In Africa, Europe, they are endangered in other countries/areas like the Caribbean and Hawaii they are invasive. In Hawaii the people wanted to get rid of them so bad they did this, My Island Bed and Breakfast in Volcano village used to give an overnights stay for free to anyone who brought in a dead mongoose that was run over. But there is a catch, the treads on the mongoose have to match the treads on your car, if you found it but did not run over it, a common suggestion is to just run over it again. There is not an exact population for the mongooses but there is no exact population count, KISC has encouraged the people to report sightings-841-1490, they have brought the Nene population from 25,000 in 1778 to 30 in 1952 by eating them.
Humans have interacted with mongooses by bringing them over to other countries. They were brought over to help with the pests in the sugar cane fields. Mainly rats. Mongooses also help out with invasive snakes that hurt humans and other animals. The mistake was made when mongooses were not researched enough before they were brought into Hawaii. Again they were brought in to help out with rats, but rats come out at night and sleep in day, and mongooses sleep at night and come out of hiding during the day therefore making no difference except bringing in another invasive species although they do help with poisonous snakes. Humans have also interacted with mongooses by trapping them and killing them. They have set up traps, poison, and even run over them with their cars. Humans have made many different efforts to kill as many mongooses as possible, but they are still eating the eggs of sea turtles and endangered bird species.
Humans have interacted with mongooses by bringing them over to other countries. They were brought over to help with the pests in the sugar cane fields. Mainly rats. Mongooses also help out with invasive snakes that hurt humans and other animals. The mistake was made when mongooses were not researched enough before they were brought into Hawaii. Again they were brought in to help out with rats, but rats come out at night and sleep in day, and mongooses sleep at night and come out of hiding during the day therefore making no difference except bringing in another invasive species although they do help with poisonous snakes. Humans have also interacted with mongooses by trapping them and killing them. They have set up traps, poison, and even run over them with their cars. Humans have made many different efforts to kill as many mongooses as possible, but they are still eating the eggs of sea turtles and endangered bird species.