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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on January 02, 2017, 09:17:58 PM
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Feral rabbit peril: Owner blames Lazy Mountain bunnies for dog's near-death
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2016/12/30/feral-rabbit-peril-owner-blames-lazy-mountain-bunnies-for-dogs-near-death/
LAZY MOUNTAIN — To hear Chris Frost tell it, a pet rabbit nearly brought down his 100-pound Tibetan mastiff.
Frost says about a month ago, the 9-year-old dog killed the rabbit when it got into the dog's fenced enclosure on his Lazy Mountain property outside Palmer. He said a neighbor had let his bunnies loose to roam last spring.
Alaska has a problem with rabbits.
Alaskans are no strangers to the problems associated with feral rabbits. State wildlife officials say they field complaints from around the state, especially in Southeast, the Kenai Peninsula and Mat-Su. One East Anchorage neighborhood suffered major conflict over a particularly bad bunny problem.
Feral rabbits are more than neighborhood nuisances. The animals can spread parasites to wild populations of snowshoe hares, said Dr. Robert Gerlach, Alaska's state veterinarian. They can also attract predators like coyotes, wolves or bears.
Rabbits and hares kill ptarmigans and humans.
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Bunnies and ptarmigans taste like chicken, but bunnies are cute.
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Bunnies and ptarmigans taste like chicken, but bunnies are cute.
Bunnies control everything in the world and doom humans.
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Wait. If the mountain bunnies are lazy, where would they get the energy to go after the dog?
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Wait. If the mountain bunnies are lazy, where would they get the energy to go after the dog?
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