junkoroberson

7/19/26 Summer on Okunoshima is long and sweltering. The heat on this island in the Seto Inland Sea is truly tropical; the thermometer at the No. 2 Pier often registers a higher temperature than the official reading for Takehara City shown on an iPhone. Amidst this heat, the rabbits struggle desperately to survive. They try to cool off by digging into the ground and lying flat against the earth. They spend much of the day asleep, remaining motionless in the shade. Not a few rabbits succumb to...

Injured rabbit after fight I was looking back at photos of the rabbits on Ohkunoshima—going through thousands of them, one by one. So many rabbits that hold special memories for me appeared . As various memories came flooding back, I found myself unable to hold back the tears. That one died, too. And this one. Every time I returned to the island, there were rabbits I would never see again—precious lives I can now only behold in photographs. A rabbit with a sprained leg. One whose eyes were...

Devastating injury on right face of young rabbit, Kinatsu Type of severe injury you can barely watch 6/25/26 What is it like to be eaten alive by maggots? How did the this only 1kg rabbit who just passed away get injured? Suffering from such severe facial injuries—come to be in this state? The wounds were extensive, covering the area near the ear and extending to the eye, which appeared completely destroyed. The damage was too widespread to have been caused by a single bite. It couldn't have...