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PORTLAND, Ore. – Washington County's "Bunny Lady" is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years. Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was arrested Tuesday at a hotel in the Portland suburb of Tigard after an employee reported finding rabbits hopping around in her room. Problems for Sakewitz started in October 2006 when police in Hillsboro, about 15 miles west of Portland, found and confiscated nearly 250 rabbits in her home, including about 100 dead ones in freezers and refrigerators.

BANGKOK, Thailand – It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday. Removing the cats from Macquarie "caused environmental devastation" that will cost authorities 24 million Australian dollars ($16.2 million) to remedy,

Following up on reports of a rabbit population explosion in BC,our intrepid reporter wushed ... I mean RUSHED to the scene !

NRA insists hunters need more powerful weapons with higher rate of fire to stop vicious bunny attacks. As a person raised in the Deep South, I grew up with hunting and guns. To say that "gun safety" was practiced in our home would be something of an understatement. My mother would not allow guns and ammo for them to be in the house at the same time. When you wanted to do any shooting, you had to purchase bullets on a per outing basis. Many are the amusing conversations I had with salesmen about buying individual bullets. I've changed somewhat...

<p>It was my first trip to Paris, and I thought I'd seen rabbits — hundreds of them — calmly nibbling on the grass along the runway as our overnight flight touched down. "Can't be," replied my husband as he eyed me warily. Was I just imagining them? Maybe I was too excited about our vacation to see straight.</p>

<p>CHICAGO - The Chicago Park District has sent its workers on a rabbit hunt. They are trapping wild bunnies who are munching their way through the foliage of a downtown park at a cost of thousands of dollars.</p> <p>Rabbits have long populated Grant Park, largely concentrated on its north end. Now the rabbits are moving south, eating nearly every piece of greenery in their path, including rose bushes near the landmark Buckingham Fountain.</p>