General Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, has changed its
plans since announcing in July that it would exterminate the 700
rabbits (offspring of abandoned pets) who inhabit its grounds.
Hospital officials were concerned that the abundance of bunny
droppings being tracked into the hospital were a health risk, and that
underground burrows were weakening the buildings fundations.
Animal activists, and the local society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals reacted by establishing an adoption program, and
successfully placed more than 400 rabbits in good homes.
The nearby Seattle chapter of the House Rabbit Society plans to
bring the remaining bunnies to the United States to continue the
adoption process.

The Animals Agenda - November/December 1999