It is illegal to hunt or kill the rabbits on Okunoshima isle inwards Japan. Not that many people desire to kill them. In fact tourists from to a greater extent than or less the globe flock to Okunoshima or 'Rabbit Island' primarily to view the thousands of wild rabbits that inhabit the island.
However the rabbits of Okunoshima island weren't ever in addition to hence revered. In fact the isle was in i lawsuit the place of Japan's clandestine toxicant gas factory. Guess which animals were used to exam the effectiveness of that toxicant gas. That's correct - the rabbits. However at that spot is a happy ending to this story. After World War II the toxicant gas mill in addition to the isle were abandoned in addition to the rabbits were ready free.
Okunoshima isle is only i of many deserted islands to a greater extent than or less the globe which characteristic inwards a novel Esri storey map, Abandoned Islands. The storey map explains why a discover of islands to a greater extent than or less the globe bring been abandoned to nature. The map features locations such every bit Venice's quarantine island, Greece's leper colony isle in addition to Brazil's isle of poisonous snakes.
