Roger Williams Park Zoo New England Cottontail breeding programme

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Zoo helping restore rabbit population | WPRI.com
The Roger Williams Park Zoo has teamed up with biologists from around the state to help save the New England Cottontail Rabbit.

Back in September we reported that the bunny was bordering on extinction . Researchers could only find one in the entire state.

In the meantime, biologists were trying to restore the population by breeding them in captivity and releasing them in to their natural habitat.

Rabbits bred at the zoo will be released into the wild this spring.
 
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