The hare and the rabbit are not doing well in the Netherlands. The animal species have been added to the Red List of endangered mammals. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality published the list today, the last version from 2006.
According to the Mammal Society, hare and rabbit populations have declined by more than 60 percent since the 1950s. The association calls it alarming that ‘general’ species in the Netherlands are now under threat. The rabbit population declined by 38 percent over the past ten years. For the Red List, information has been kept since 1950 about how the animals are doing.
The new list shows that especially mammals in agricultural areas have a hard time: the ‘farmland mammals’. Eleven of the sixteen most endangered species in the Netherlands live in this area. In addition to the rabbit and the hare, things are also going badly with the polecat, the ermine and the acorn mouse.
Otter no longer on the list
It is actually a bit better with marine mammals and the somewhat larger mammals on land. For example, the harbor porpoise and the harbor seal and gray seal are no longer on the list. The same goes for the otter, beaver and pine marten.
This is particularly special for the otter, says the Mammal Association. At the time of the previous Red List, the otter had almost disappeared from our country. Among other things, the improvement of the habitat of the otter in recent years has contributed to the fact that it is no longer an endangered species.
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