The public can assist by reporting any sick or dead wild rabbits to the CDFW, as veterinarians continue to monitor the situation. They can be reached at (916) 358-2790.

The rabbits that will be released Tuesday are the product of an emergency roundup six years ago of the remaining pygmy rabbits in the region, who were put into a captive-breeding program in a last ...

Humans aren't the only ones facing a pandemic — rabbits across the U.S. are currently battling a deadly disease outbreak of their own. The virus has spread to at least six states, threatening to ...

The rabbits were released in the Sagebrush Flats area about 18 miles northwest of Ephrata, part of a five-county range that was the rabbits’ original habitat.

About 23 pygmy rabbits will be released. They will wear tiny radio transmitters around their necks, to allow biologists to monitor their movements.

In the early 1900s, wild rabbits on Kauo (Laysan) island ate all the vegetation, causing the extinction of native seabirds that lost their habitat.

KEY FACTS As Covid-19 is believed to have jumped from bats to humans, some scientists think Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease type 2 jumped from domesticated to wild rabbits in Europe.

Don’t release domestic pets into the wild Animal shelters and rabbit advocates across the U.S. urge people not to purchase rabbits as pets for young children.

Then, in early March, another strain of the virus was discovered in wild rabbits in southern New Mexico. A few days later, dead rabbits were spotted nearby in El Paso, Texas.

Louis, habitat team program manager, is acting agricultural and grassland program manager for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Pheasant, rabbit and quail hunting in Illinois opens Nov. 6.