October 30, 2024By John Holland
A virus threatens a critically endangered rabbit species that makes its home in our San Joaquin Valley restoration sites, including Dos Rios Ranch State Park. This month River Partners teamed up with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Stanislaus State University, and the Oakland and Fresno Chaffee Zoos to gently capture and vaccinate riparian brush rabbits, protecting them from rabbit hemorrhagic disease.
There’s not very many of them and we were worried that when this virus comes through, it could really impact the population … It survived losing almost 98% of its habitat, but it’s still here, clinging to some of these places.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Senior Veterinarian Deana Clifford
