Efforts to help pull the endangered New England cottontail back from the brink

A medium-sized brown and gray rabbit is driving people on Cape Cod to crawl on their hands and knees through the snow, searching for signs of it. It is the New England cottontail, one of the rarest species in the Northeast.

“We know that they’re here. We just don’t know how many,” said Tony Perry, a field worker in the tribe’s natural resources department who has been helping with the cottontail project.

Since 1960, the rabbit has vanished from 86 percent of the places it lived, according to federally funded studies. The New England cottontail is now one of just two species at the highest federal priority level in the entire Northeast, from Maine to West Virginia.

Read more at capnewsdotnet.

Warmth from an Angel

A woman who escaped her husband after years of domestic abuse took one thing with her a pet rabbit named Ruby Angel for the angel-like pattern on its nose. The woman sought help from a shelter, but they wouldn't take her pet. So she contacted House Rabbit Society.

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Its freezing cold!

Rabbit news from USA : Students returning to class at Fremont Middle School on Monday had a surprise visitor.

A rabbit dug a burrow in the snow outside sixth-grade social studies teacher Brandon Moore’s window and was sitting pressed against the window when school started.

Read more at The Freemont Tribune.

We are back!

Yes. We know our last post was on 2nd June!! Our sincere apologies! We hope you've not waited for too long.

You must be wondering what we have been busy with..? We have indeed been very busy trying to get new and exciting stuff for your bunnies! We've included many new items over the month of July and Aug - Bunny bowls, carriers, willow toys, willow shelters, as well as some new treats and not forgetting our new straw mats. Do check them out on our website (http://www.thebusybarn.com.sg/) today!

Not forgetting our new batch of apple sticks which have finally arrived. We received many enquiries asking when they will come. Yup, they are back in stock now and please check them out on our website. Thanks for all your support and we hope all your bunnies are enjoying the fun!

We will be updating news of what have been happening so far at The Busy Barn over the next few days. So do stay tune!

Love,
the hay elves at The Busy Barn

One's Flurry is another's feast!

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lwo Shih-hsiung, at a press conference yesterday, criticized the Council of Agriculture's initiative in promoting rabbit meat as an addition to the nation's diet.

PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES

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