In 1979, 30 mongooses were brought to Japan's Amami-Oshima island to fight the deadly Habu snakes that had terrorized locals ...

TOKYO: Japanese police said today that they arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, as authorities probe the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on an island well-known for its large rabbit population.

This Island Is Overrun With Rabbits—Here's Why It's a Problem. Erratic feeding by tourists is leading to a bunny blight on a small Japanese island with a mysterious, dark past.

Japanese police said Thursday that they arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, as authorities probe the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on an island well-known for its large rabbit population.

Police have arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, which later died, as a probe continues over the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on Okunoshima island in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Japan has wiped out all mongooses on a subtropical island, officials said, after the animals ignored the venomous snakes they were brought in to hunt and preyed on endangered local rabbits instead.

The Japanese rabbit is orange or fawn with either black, blue, chocolate or lilac. The Magpie is white with either black, blue, chocolate or lilac, and both varieties are around 10 pounds of ...

Thirteen rabbit carcasses were found from Nov. 26 to 28 last year, 19 on Dec. 17 and 18, and 45 between Jan. 9 and 12, the office said. Ten percent of the bodies had bone fractures, and some ...

Okunoshima, affectionately known as Rabbit Island, is a captivating little spot in Japan where the charm of wild bunnies far outweighs the darker history that once plagued the island.

TOKYO – The Japanese police said on Jan 23 that they arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, as the authorities probe the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on an island well-known for its large rabbit ...

Japanese police said Thursday that they arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, as authorities probe the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on an island well-known for its large rabbit population.