Orange County city gives community OK to shoot bothersome bunnies

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Orange County city gives community OK to shoot bothersome bunnies

By: Associated Press

MISSION VIEJO -- Bunnies beware. Just days before Easter, the City Council has given a gated community permission to allow a sharpshooter to kill bothersome rabbits that have been nibbling on landscaped lawns, shrubs and plants and doing their bunny business everywhere.

Residents in the south Orange County retirement community Casta del Sol have complained for years about the proliferating population of rabbits.

"We're not trying to get rid of the rabbits at Casta del Sol," Bob Burdick, board president of the community's homeowners association, said Friday. "We're trying to eliminate them down to the point where their presence can be tolerated relative to the amount of landscaping and plants that they destroy and the amount of fecal matter they leave on patios and streets and sidewalks."

Approximately 3,000 older people live in the 1,927 homes at Casta del Sol, where rabbits have been an issue for years. About 1,000 residents participated in a survey and 88 percent were in favor of gaining permission from the city to shoot rabbits, Burdick said.

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