Posted on 07/17/2023 11:25:06 AM PDT by devane617
When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s latest invasive species comes a-hoppin’ down the street: lionhead rabbits.
The bunnies, which sport an impressive flowing mane around their heads, want the food Griggs carries. But she also represents their best chance of survival and moving where this domesticated breed belongs: inside homes, away from cars, cats, hawks, Florida heat and possibly government-hired exterminators.
Griggs is spearheading efforts to raise the $20,000 to $40,000 it would cost for a rescue group to capture, neuter, vaccinate, shelter and then give away the estimated 60 to 100 lionheads now populating Jenada Isles, an 81-home community in Wilton Manors.
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Sounds delicious!..................
In the wild, rabbits are actually omnivores. They frequently eat smaller rodents, large insects, reptiles, and even each other. Every now and then they become aggressively cannibalistic. I don’t think that’s resource driven, but social order driven.
Good info, thanks!
Zactly! Rabits love snake. They use their mad kung fu moves to defeat them 'n eat them.
Way too much hair for Florida!
It’s all in the preparation.
That’s a cute critter.
I had friends who had two pet rabbits, always inside. The bunnies always used a kitty litter box.
” they’re probably full of parasites.”
You could do an ivermectin appetizer.
Make wabbit stew.😏
You do you bud, but I’ve seen the crap that falls off a summer rabbit. I don’t see the same in a winter rabbit. The article you linked to mentioned warbles. We just called them maggots. You see those way more in the summer then you do in the winter. I’m not eating maggot infested meat.
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