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Pictured is part of the most recent capture effort by the WDFW of pygmy rabbits. By capturing the rabbits and breeding them in captivity, biologists are hoping to preserve a base population of the rabbits.

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Saving the pygmy rabbit
April 27, 2022 1:20 a.m.

Saving the pygmy rabbit

Biologists work to save local threatened species

COLUMBIA BASIN — The pygmy rabbit, native to the land just north of Quincy, is just one of a number of threatened and endangered species in Washington. However, these little rabbits are part of a bigger story.