Up to Half of Pygmy Rabbit Population Wiped Out By Washington Wildfires
A biologist holds two Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits as part of a captive breeding program at the Oregon Zoo. Dozens of the animals died in a recent wildfire in Washington. (Oregon Zoo) At a Glance Wildlife biologists say recent wildfires in Washington decimated Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits.The miniature mammals are about the size of a grapefruit.It could be 30 years before the habitat recovers. Recent wildfires in Washington State wiped out up to half of the remaining endangered Columbia Basin...