Every evening as Swenson and Sofe take their stroll, another bunny will pop up near someone's garden or on the nearby playground. They seem to be multiplying, and they seem to be migrating north, said Swenson, who says a radar officer on Perry Avenue spotted one. Swenson says the consensus among neighbors is that former rabbit keepers near 13th Street and Trenton Avenue just opened their hutches when they moved. Her unofficial census says there are about 30 rabbits, and no doubt more to come very quickly. Rabbits being rabbits.
Rabbits attract larger predators, like raccoons and coyotes.
Floppy-eared rodents, they can get to gnawing and damage household wiring. She's made arrangements with rabbit-rescue enthusiasts to hold a rabbit roundup within the next few weeks.