Posted on 04/18/2009 8:28:19 PM PDT by zaphod3000
OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. — What is it about Florida that inspires pet owners to set their captives free?
Green iguanas released decades ago now splash in the pools of Palm Beach. Peacocks roam free in parts of Miami, Burmese pythons are spreading through the entire state — and here, on this two-mile shoelace of beachfront land, the bunny problem keeps multiplying.
Dozens of rabbits, the spawn of Easter gifts from as far back as 2002, now run wild in a field of two-story condominiums.
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....Russell Beasley just shook his head. He had been building cabinets in his garage when he felt compelled to offer an opinion. “They’re a pain,” he said, revealing a Massachusetts accent. Antibunny bile followed: He compared them to rats; he said they would attract snakes; he said they would cause car accidents because drivers would swerve to miss them. “People might think they’re cute, but they’re a menace,” said Mr. Beasley, 61. “They’re multiplying like crazy — that’s what they do.”
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Here in Okaloosa Island, the solution has been a little more old-school: wire traps with carrots as bait.
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When told about the traps, Ms. Callahan said, “Oh no.” Come to think of it, she said she had not seen Mama — “a huge brown rabbit with scars all over her like she’d been through the mill” — in days. And as she walked Gigi down the road during a gorgeous coastal sunset, she turned around with a final call to action.
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Release the pythons and the rabbits in the same area and let things work themselves out.
How about requiring Easter bunny sellers to sell only spayed and neutered bunnies.
Hmm, can you say “Target Practice for my .22 :-) “
I’ll aim for your dog or cat next.
As comedian Emo Philips said tonight, “rabbit is delicious -and well worth going out of the way for it.” (said with hand gestures as if moving steering wheel to run over unfortunate bunny).
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