WMTW-TV8 • September 30, 2021
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Thursday released endangered New England cottontail rabbits into the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. It was part of the ongoing effort to restore the population of the rabbits in southern Maine. New England cottontails are known to live in only six towns in Maine and all are south of Portland. It is estimated that there are fewer than 300 of the rabbits left in the wild.