Rabbits on The Peak
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Submitted by Richard Muirhead on Fri, 2015-04-10 04:54
I have been told about feral rabbits,and peacocks,on The Peak around the 1960s,at Little Peak School and Matilda Hospital.
Does anyone know more?
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Pet rabbits
According to one of my cousins who was a child in Hong Kong in the 1920s and 1930s, white rabbits were sent out from England as pets for British children. There is a photo of him holding one on his lap. It wouldn't be surprising if some of these escaped from families who lived on the Peak, although it's perhaps surprising that they survived the war.
Jill
Deer at The Peak
While we were living at 30 Severn Road in the 60s, a Barking Deer visited our vegetable garden from time-to-time. We could often hear its bark in the woods below.
White rabbits
Hi
I don`t suppose you still have that photo of the white rabbit? I`d love to see it.
Do you remember any other unusual Hong Kong fauna?
Deer
Thanks Lawrence.
I`ve come across a HK island deer in the 1960s called the Axis deer,fawn coloured with white spots
White rabbit
Sorry, Richard. It's not my own photograph. The rabbit is an ordinary pet white rabbit. I haven't lived in Hong Kong myself and can't comment on the indigenous fauna. Interesting though to speculate how many imported creatures like the sulphur crested cockatoos might have successfully reverted to the wild there.
Jill
Escaped animals
Yes I agree,on the subject of feral animals.
Some Buddhists regularly release marine animals into Hong Kong harbour