Editing Amami rabbit (section)

===Conservation===
In July 2008, the Amami Rangers for [[nature conservation]] obtained a photograph of a [[feral]] cat carrying a rabbit [[Cadaver|corpse]] (rabbit bones and fur found in cat or dog droppings had already been found), prompting discussions on better ways to control pets.<ref name=":3" /> A small area of the Amami Island has the [[Amami Guntō National Park]] that further protects the population.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uzwAAAAMAAJ|title=World directory of national parks and other protected areas|last1=Secretariat|first1=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources|last2=Parks|first2=International Commission on National|date=1975|publisher=IUCN|language=en}}</ref> Some attempt at [[habitat restoration]] has been made, but the Amami rabbit needs a mosaic of mature and young forest in close proximity, and when a young forest is regrown nowhere near a mature forest, this rabbit is not likely to inhabit it.<ref name=":3" /> Research and population monitoring also is underway to try to keep the numbers from declining, even if they can not be increased.<ref name="Sugimura, K. 2000"/>

Suggested conservation work for the future includes habitat restoration and predator population control, as a healthy balance of mature and young forests still exists on the southern end of Amami. Restricting logging would also help to keep more forest available for the rabbits to live in by leaving more forest standing, as well as disturbing the surrounding environment more.<ref name=":4" /> An end to the building of forest roads used for logging and travel would further protect the Amami rabbit, as they cause population and [[habitat fragmentation]], destroys their prime habitat and allows predators easier access to the middle of forests where a majority of the rabbit population exists.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /> Controlling the populations of mongooses, feral dogs, and feral cats is another approach that could help bolster the rabbit population.<ref name=":4" /> Eradication of the mongooses and feral cats and dogs is needed, as well as better control of pets by local island residents.<ref name="Sugimura, K. 2000"/>

The Lagomorph Specialist Group of the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources]] proposed a plan of conservation in 1990.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Yamada |first1=Fumio |last2=Cervantes |first2=Fernando A. |date=2005-12-01 |title=''Pentalagus furnessi'' |journal=Mammalian Species |issue=782 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1644/782.1 |issn=0076-3519 |s2cid=198130448 |doi-access=free}}</ref> In Amami-Oshima Island, the Amami Wildlife Conservation Center of the Ministry of the Environment was established in 1999.<ref name=":2" /> It designated the Amami rabbit as endangered in 2004 for Japan and restarted a mongoose eradication program in 2005.<ref name="Yamada, F. 2005"/>