I certainly feel better knowing that we have a state pygmy rabbit coordinator on the case. Interesting that it's news to a Seattle paper that predators ate prey animals.Wash. bunnies being eaten by predators
EPHRATA, Wash. -- Most of a group of 20 endangered rabbits that were reintroduced to the wild with great fanfare last month have been killed by predators, state officials said.
Only four of the rabbits released on March 13 remained at the Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area as of Tuesday, said David Hays, pygmy rabbit coordinator for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Around here it would be news if the hawks could tell how special they were and only ate non-native rabbits. I hear the magpies rolled them just to get their GPS collars.
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My office-mate Mike is from Hawaii, and he speaks of the long and sordid history of poorly thought-out animal introductions to the islands.
Race
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