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Ecocriticism Texts - Watership Down by Richard Adams (1974)

In this novel, rabbits are rad and humans, once again, are the destroyers. Hazel and Fiver lead their rabbit-friends to a new home after theirs is destroyed by evil people-things. But they find they have no ladies to help get the party started.

During these adventures, we learn that rabbits have cool folk tales and their own language. Some of them are even psychic. Who knew that rabbits' lives were so complex? Even though Adams is imposing human voices and some human habits on these creatures, this author relied on the actual biological characteristic of rabbits to weave his story.

So, he seems to believe that if people become more attuned to the richness of animal life, they'll stop ruining the environment. How does this moralistic argument relate to ecocritic Aldo Leopold's land ethic, in your informed opinion?