[Blennos]

—My part of Florida is being overrun with rabbits. -—

In my area of NC, all of the rabbits have vanished. I believe the victim of a virus disease — rabbit hemorrhagic disease. No threat to humans. We would always see rabbits running in the yard, but no more, for two years now. I miss the little guys.

https://www.wral.com/nc-wildlife-officials-tracking-lethal-disease-in-domestic-wild-rabbits/19345246/

[packagingguy]

Wildlife biologists say if rabbits disappear coyotes will begin hunting other animals...such as sheep, goats, cattle and the like.

Rabbits are an essential part of the environment since they are plentiful and grow quickly. You can’t just pluck an entire order of animals out of the environment without having bad effects.

The Portuguese are working on an oral vaccine that can be put in bait:

“Four institutions in Portugal are working on a different approach. Project Fight 2 aims to develop an oral vaccine for RHDV2, incorporated into bait, for the wild rabbit populations of the Iberian Peninsula.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-virus-killing-wild-rabbits-north-america

[Labyrinthos]

In my area of NC, all of the rabbits have vanished. I believe the victim of a virus disease — rabbit hemorrhagic disease. No threat to humans. We would always see rabbits running in the yard, but no more, for two years now. I miss the little guys.

We haven't seen rabbits in our area for years thanks to the coyotes/coy-wolfs, hawks, owls, and osprey.