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 ...

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When a golf course development program was proposed during the 1990s, Tsuneda cited the Amami rabbit and other living creatures’ rights to live on Amami-Oshima as a plaintiff of Japan’s first ...

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 ...