Hoping For Hopping: How A Tiny Rabbit United Friends And Conservation In Central Washington
Courtesy of The Nature Conservancy Originally published on April 12, 2021 1:00 pm Peter Lancaster has always had a love for rabbits. But when he first saw a pygmy rabbit – perhaps what would become the most influential animal throughout his life – he didn’t know what it was. One spring break as a kid, Lancaster went camping with a few friends a little ways from his home in East Wenatchee. Out in the sage, they saw this little creature. “We looked at it, and we all said … Pika?” Lancaster recalls. But 12-year-old Lancaster decided they hadn’t quite identified the cute an...