Rabbit island

“Rabbit Island in Japan 🐰”

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Aptly nicknamed "Rabbit Island," the small island of Ōkunoshima is home to a colony of hundreds—if not thousands—of friendly bunnies.

Okunoshima island a.k.a. “the Rabbit island” is a small island located in Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture. Okunoshima is home to over 900 rabbits roaming around freely.

The small Ōkunoshima island in Japan is often also called Usagi Shima, which literally means “rabbit island.” It gets that name because it’s largely populated by rabbits. It is forbidden to hunt them and you’re not allowed to bring cats or dogs on the island. People guess that rabbits occupied the island when children released a few pet rabbits when the islands were evacuated in the 1940s, or that the rabbits are escaped test subjects from the island’s former toxic gas production labs, as…

Jumping for joy. Rabbits love space to run, jump and play with their friends. Rabbit Island, Isola dei Conigli, Italy More

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