Are our Eastern Cottontail Rabbits in danger?

Cycling Joezone

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Jun 30, 2020, 10:38:06 PM6/30/20

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-rabbit-outbreak

Cycling Joezone

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Jul 1, 2020, 8:43:22 AM7/1/20

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RHDV a very contagious virus has infected rabbits in the south west of the United States.

Don Riepe

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Jul 1, 2020, 11:34:28 AM7/1/20

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In the late 1980's all the cottontail rabbits at the Jamaica Bay refuge died or disappeared. I sent two recently dead rabbits to the Wildlife Health Lab in NY State. The diagnosis was Tularemia ( aka Rabbit Fever) that they apparently got from our friends the ticks ! . To date, there are still no cottontail rabbits at the main area of the refuge along both sides of Crossbay Blvd. I believe that there are still some at FB Field and JFK Airport.

Don

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 8:43 AM 'Cycling Joezone' via Jamaica Bay <jamai...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

RHDV a very contagious virus has infected rabbits in the south west of the United States.

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Cycling Joezone

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Jul 1, 2020, 1:41:46 PM7/1/20

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I can confirm eastern cottontail‘s at Floyd Bennett Field in the Gardens. They had the identifying white half moon around the eyes. I saw a juvenile one on Monday.

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