Villagers to assist in identifying “undiscovered” wild rabbits at Rupununi

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Karaudarnau the Rupununi through In order to identify the V i l l a g e , c o m m u n i t y – b a s e d species, SRCS has decided work together with Society (SRCS) stated on According to SRCS, for Karaudarnau Village to find Wednesday decades, the residents of out more information about SRCS, dubbed the Karaudarnau Village have these mysterious rabbits,” initiative as “a New Project found a population of wild addedtheSRCS. to genetically identify Wild rabbits on their farmlands. Rabbit Population in “ Currently, the species Rupununi”. SRCS is a non- remain undiscovered to the governmental organisation scientific community with founded since 2002 with the no knowledge about which sole of obhectiove of species it is or if it is a new preserving wildlife, species entirely,” SRCS

R u p u n u n i , conservation, environmental to collaborate with Region Nine will be trained educationandresearch. Karaudarnau Villagers. The to assist scientists in This new project it has residents will be trained to i d e n t i f y i n g s o m e embarked on is reportedly “capture and sample the undiscoveredspeciesofwild being supported by Field rabbits” before their genetic rabbits native to their museum, located in the materialisanalysed. “Based farmlands, the South United States of America on the results, we will then Rupununi Conversation (USA).