Tourists destroying Rabbit Island

[Catherine]

There is a Japanese Island known as Rabbit Island. There are a lot of super cute bunnies living there. They have been a healthy stable population. Now with viral videos showing people how cute they are more and more people are visiting nd feeding them. The population has grown in numbers because of the extra food. They have eaten all the natural vegetation and must rely on tourist food. Tourists bring the wrong kind of food and they are not consistent. Some days there is too much and some days the rabbits are hungry. There is fighting and illness because of improper diet.

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So the cute videos meant to show how cute the bunnies are have served to make them less cute. The whole thing is a mess and something needs to be done to control the population and to feed the rabbits until things stabilize. Some work needs to be done on the islands ecosystems to bring things back into balance.

Who would have thought a video could do so much damage.