Global warming threatens ‘boulder bunny’

Conservation groups in the US have filed two lawsuits today to protect the American pika, also known as the ‘boulder bunny’.

According to the groups filing the lawsuit, the future survival of the pika is threatened by global warming.

Protection for the pika is being sought under the California Endangered Species Act and under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Those filing the lawsuits are requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency begins regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant to ensure the future survival of the pika.

The pika is a small species of rabbit with small ears and thick brown hair that lives in the boulder fields near the mountains in the west of the USA.

It is intolerant to high temperatures, and can die from overheating in just a few hours.

In the past White House officials have made it clear that the Endangered Species Act was not intended to regulate climate change or the effects of climate change.