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La Carrera Para Salvar A Los Conejos Pigmeos En Peligro De Extinción En Washington

By Courtney Flatt March 31, 2022

Instalación de trampas para capturar conejos pigmeos

Paula Clements, técnica del Departamento de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Washington, pone una trampa Tomahawk para atrapar conejos pigmeos. Los investigadores esperan vacunar a los conejos, en peligro de extinción, antes de que un virus mortal y de rápida propagación llegue a Washington. Read Un virus altamente contagioso, y a menudo mortal, amenaza a… Read More

The Race To Save Endangered Pygmy Rabbits In Washington

By Courtney Flatt March 26, 2022

Paula Clements, a technician with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, sets a tomahawk trap to catch pygmy rabbits. The researchers hope to vaccinate the endangered rabbits before a fast-moving, fatal virus reaches Washington / Photo by Courtney Flatt – Northwest News Network Listen Courtney Flatt reports on a vaccination program to save endangered… Read More

Hoping For Hopping: How A Tiny Rabbit United Friends And Conservation In Central Washington

By Courtney Flatt April 11, 2021

Pygmy rabbits – the smallest rabbit in North America – are endangered in Washington. After a devastating fire season in 2020, biologists have found new burrows that give them hope for the species.

Peter Lancaster has always had a love for rabbits. But when he first saw a pygmy rabbit – perhaps what would become the most influential animal throughout his life – he didn’t know what it was. That began years of work to try and save the species, now endangered in Washington. Read More

Wildfires Are Big Trouble For The Northwest’s Lynx, Pygmy Rabbits And Other Creatures

By Courtney Flatt September 11, 2017

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife technician Claire Satterwhite holds a pygmy rabbit. Photo credit: USFWS – Pacific Region Listen As wildfires rage across the Pacific Northwest, more than just people are displaced from their homes. Finned and furry creatures are also feeling the effects of the flames. Until the fires stop burning, biologists… Read More