Their numbers surged to around 10,000 by the year 2000, causing damage to crops and native fauna. By 2001 to 2002, the number of Amami rabbits, a special national treasure, had plummeted to ...

The mongooses quickly multiplied and started attacking rare wild animals, such as the Amami rabbit, which is listed on the red list for endangered species. The government in fiscal 2000 started ...

However, the snakes are mostly active at night when mongooses prefer to sleep and the toothy mammals turned their ravenous appetites to local Amami rabbits, drastically reducing their numbers.

Rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered Tokyo: Japan has wiped out all mongooses on a subtropical island, officials said, after the animals ignored the ...

However, the snakes are mostly active at night when mongooses prefer to sleep and the toothy mammals turned their ravenous appetites to local Amami rabbits, drastically reducing their numbers. "It is ...

Instead, mongooses began preying on rare native species including the Amami rabbit — a highly protected species that has been designated as a "special natural monument." The island's mongoose ...

The rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. Photo for representational purposes.