Wild European Rabbit

This is one of the main reasons I love going on the Banff/Canmore Christmas Bird Count, LOL. There are so many of these wild European Rabbits in Canmore - seems that there is at least one, whichever street you look down. Some are dark grey, some this brown colour and others are a mix of black and white. The latter, especially, always look so out of place running loose - they look as if they have escaped their cages. You just feel you want to pick one up and cuddle it : ) Someone who passed us said that he had just seen a Coyote crossing the nearby bridge, with what looked like a bunny in its mouth : (

Here is a link to a Calgary Herald newspaper article from 15th December 2010, saying that
"Canmore Mayor Ron Casey is taking aim at the picturesque Alberta town's rascally rabbits.
Casey, who said the animals are attracting predators such as cougars, has secured support for a $50,000 budget to deal with feral rabbits."

Many thanks to Flickr member RichardDumoulin, who left a comment below, letting me know about this cull. Richard, I really appreciate the information and I looked on Google and found the Calgary Herald article. Love the bunnies, but attracting Cougars and so on is not good!

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