Normally, many rabbits are taken by foxes, but this is not a problem on the outer islands along the coast. However, mink can be a threat. Officially, rabbits have been set out only three places in Norway, but there may be other places, also. If someone asked for permission to set this species free in Norway today, the answer would very probably be no. In addition to on Fedje, rabbit has been set out on Edøya in Nordmøre (1902) and Mølen in Vestfold (1899). The herd on Mølen died out a long time ago.
On Fedje, however, they seem to manage fine. There are perhaps 15-20 pairs on the island, but there have been many more in the past. The mink nearly wiped out the Fedje rabbits. For a time the municipal authorities gave rewards for shooting mink, in order to protect the rabbits. It was mostly in Stormark in the southwest of the main island that they survived. Now there are less mink and the number of rabbits is on the rise. If you do not see the animals, you can at least see traces of them - the tunnels they dig are hard to mistake for anything else.