Rabbit on watch

ID: 20 ~ Source: Courtesy of Ingrid Taylar on Flickr ~ Creator: Ingrid Taylar

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European rabbits are one of the non-native species found on San Juan Island that arrived with the help of humans. Though once numbering in the thousands, the population is now within a manageable range.

This file appears in: San Juan Island's Foxes and Rabbits

San Juan Island's Foxes and Rabbits – Two invasive species are a part of local ecological history

By Whitney Wyngaert

Cute, fluffy, and a pest: European rabbits have become a nuisance on the island within the last 100 years. In 1900 several domestic rabbits were brought to the island by a lighthouse keeper in hopes of selling their meat to Seattle markets. After…