Zoo-bred New England cottontails released in Maine

Fifteen New England cottontail kits find a new home

Wildlife Conservation Society

A key component of the effort to bring back the New England cottontail is conservation breeding in Queens Zoo in New York and Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island. Each year, kits produced through conservation breeding are released into the wild to boost local populations of this rare regional rabbit.

Associated Partners

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies