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Dozens of Dog-Sized Jackrabbits Swarm Development in North Dakota
Yahoo News ^ | Feb 2, 2015 | Avianne Tan

Posted on 02/03/2015 2:01:23 PM PST by bkopto

A "huge flock" of jackrabbits in a Fargo, North Dakota, neighborhood has homeowners feeling jumpy.

More than 50 jackrabbits the size of small dogs have been hopping around backyards and a park of a new development in South Fargo, resident Kayla Straabe told ABC News today.

"Every day, I feel like the crazy rabbit lady chasing them out of the yard where they're having a hay day," Straabe said. "There's at least 40 to 50 everyday, and they're in our yards and by a children's park."

She said the city pest control department told her that they couldn't do anything about the jackrabbits, technically wild hares, because they were wild animals.

"I was told we should poison them, which I will absolutely not do," Straabe said.

There is no city ordinance that deals with depopulating rabbits in the area, Fargo Police Lt. Joel Vettel told ABC News.

(Excerpt) Read more at gma.yahoo.com ...


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To: bkopto
I can't believe it took this long...

41 posted on 02/03/2015 2:26:41 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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To: bkopto
At Laughlin AFB, Texas, in 1964, at the back gate it was not uncommon for the Jackrabbits around there to attack the Military Working Dogs. It was quite the joke that the AP’s had to be armed to protect their dogs from the Jackrabbits.
42 posted on 02/03/2015 2:27:15 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Squawk 8888

It didn’t ;)


43 posted on 02/03/2015 2:27:23 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: bkopto

Sounds like a ‘50s sci-fi flick. Spiders, ants, gila monsters, birds, shrews, crabs. Why not jackrabbits?


44 posted on 02/03/2015 2:28:17 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: bkopto

45 posted on 02/03/2015 2:28:40 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The South lost. Get over it, troll."-- kiryandil)
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To: bkopto

CCI is making Quiet.22, now. .22LR, CB’s essentially. Midway wanted $30 plus shipping for 500.


46 posted on 02/03/2015 2:29:09 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Paine in the Neck
Sounds like a ‘50s sci-fi flick.

Something they'd show on MST3K


47 posted on 02/03/2015 2:29:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Paine in the Neck

Jackrabbitnado!


48 posted on 02/03/2015 2:29:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Alex Murphy

“Night of the Lepus”

A true classic....


49 posted on 02/03/2015 2:31:37 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: bkopto

Run Jimmy, RUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNN!


50 posted on 02/03/2015 2:32:22 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: bkopto

Having a hay day? Sun must be shining. It’s “heyday.”


51 posted on 02/03/2015 2:35:13 PM PST by Misterioso (I am just the opposite of paranoid. I keep having the feeling I am following someone. - Zoot Sims)
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To: bkopto
What are you waiting for? LET'S GO LET'S GO!


52 posted on 02/03/2015 2:35:30 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Misterioso

Jimmy Carter ain’t going there now


53 posted on 02/03/2015 2:36:18 PM PST by GeronL
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To: BenLurkin

I can tell you, my friend, that an air-rifle will just annoy a jackrabbit.

A .45 is about adequate; unsurprisingly, I’ve found you can shoot one several times with 9mm hardball before they go down.


54 posted on 02/03/2015 2:36:23 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do)
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To: dfwgator

Was waiting for that, Thanks


55 posted on 02/03/2015 2:36:59 PM PST by oldsicilian
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To: BenLurkin

You read my mind. I think Jack rabbits are not good eating as they are stringy and carry a lot of disease.


56 posted on 02/03/2015 2:37:46 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: WayneS

I knew a bunny with a great rack .....


57 posted on 02/03/2015 2:41:06 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Darksheare

Ahem. Haven’t you been warned about this before?


58 posted on 02/03/2015 2:41:32 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's always a longer trip when you defy God." ~ Msgr. Charles Pope)
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To: WayneS

“That’s a nice bunch of rabbits over there.”
“Herd of rabbits.”
“Sure I’ve heard of rabbits!”
“No, a rabbit herd!”
“A rabbit heard what? I ain’t said nothing to be ashamed of!”


59 posted on 02/03/2015 2:43:30 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: Tax-chick

!!!

oops.


60 posted on 02/03/2015 2:45:06 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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