- cross-posted to:
- bun_alert_system
- cross-posted to:
- bun_alert_system
The Omiltemi rabbit, which had been missing for 120 years, has been rediscovered in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
The Omiltemi rabbit, which had been missing for 120 years, has been rediscovered in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
If you read the article, it sounds like the locals knew it was there, they just didn’t know it was rare/extinct. Further, the locals, now knowing its rare, have agree to change practices to help preserve it. So still uplifting!
If they have to. For the most part the importance for rabbits is habitat not subsistence hunting. They’re quite adept at filling their niche despite predation pressure. They just need the niche.
Yeah, “we will hunt them less” is nothing if they build roads & houses, change/“manage” the forest.