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Stories of individuals deliberately utilizing their canines to kill rabbits in a Richmond park have prompted a police investigation.
The investigation follows stories of useless and mutilated rabbits in Minorou Park, and a videotaped confrontation between an area man and a pair he believed had been concerned.
That altercation occurred on Oct. 19, when the person — who International Information has agreed to not determine out of security issues — says he noticed the couple trying within the bushes with a flashlight and telling their canines to “go get them.”
“They stated, ‘It’s the circle of life although, individuals eat hen although,’ simply listed a bunch of excuses and stated they had been simply pests, no completely different from rats.”
The person stated he didn’t truly see the canines kill any rabbits, however that the couple had come from the route the place he later discovered one of many creatures useless.
Richmond RCMP confirmed it had responded to the grievance, however stated it was not in a position to substantiate the allegation.
“Our investigator performed a radical investigation and couldn’t discover any proof linking the canines or the 2 people to the useless rabbits,” Cpl. Adriana O’Malley stated.
The rising rabbit inhabitants in Minorou park is believed to have originated with deserted pets within the space.
The Richmond-based Rabbitat Society says for that cause they’re notably susceptible.
“They’ve a unique mind construction than wild rabbits they usually don’t have the identical concern responses,” Rabbitats Canada founder Sorelle Saidman stated.
Together with Minorou Park, the society says it has obtained stories of individuals deliberately killing rabbits at Vancouver’s Jericho Seashore.
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