NYC Rabbits

NYC and the five boroughs just added rabbits to their list of illegal animals. If you currently own a rabbit, you are fine. The reason for my posting is that after 23 years in Brooklyn, NY I have never seen a rabbit in the streets. Tonight, I spent over an over an hour cornering someones pet rabbit to get him to a good home. (this was a brutal process) PLEASE do not release your pets into the streets. Take them to the nearest shelter. It is late now but I will try to get a name and number for anyone who wishes to release their animal to a shelter.

Lol it's common sense not to do that with any animal

It's a sad fact that common sense isn't.

This is upsetting. I have 2 rabbits and I can't imagine being so callous as to just dump them outside. Thank you for catching that rabbit.

Why would they ban rabbits? I can't seriously imagine the thought process. "Rabbits are terrifying dangers to the children!!"

Were they all Monty Python fans to the extent that they believe the killer rabbit is real?

Rabbits will take over the United States!!!

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Why would they ban rabbits? I can't seriously imagine the thought process. "Rabbits are terrifying dangers to the children!!"

Were they all Monty Python fans to the extent that they believe the killer rabbit is real?

Rabbits will take over the United States!!!

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I guess their logic was that they would multiply and create feral rabbit colonies? Although I don't see how that's more of a problem than feral cats and they're still legal

Just a case of NYC being NYC... If you've ever lived there, you wouldn't need to ask.

To quote the Blues Brothers, "Home Sweet Home. ...Chicagoooo"

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Why would they ban rabbits? I can't seriously imagine the thought process. "Rabbits are terrifying dangers to the children!!"

Were they all Monty Python fans to the extent that they believe the killer rabbit is real?

Rabbits will take over the United States!!!

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that's what happens when politicians are not focusing on real problems

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Originally Posted by se7en

that's what happens when politicians are not focusing on real problems

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I couldn't imagine rabbits being able to thrive in NYC, except maybe in Central Park. The people I know who keep them as pets have them on a very specific diet, take them to the vet to get their teeth done periodically, etc.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

I couldn't imagine rabbits being able to thrive in NYC, except maybe in Central Park. The people I know who keep them as pets have them on a very specific diet, take them to the vet to get their teeth done periodically, etc.

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i also imagine NYC rats would quickly develop a taste for rabbit meat anyway

Plus coyotes, raccoons, dogs, and the homeless would probably thrive on misplaced domestic rabbits.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Why would they ban rabbits? I can't seriously imagine the thought process. "Rabbits are terrifying dangers to the children!!"

Were they all Monty Python fans to the extent that they believe the killer rabbit is real?

Rabbits will take over the United States!!!

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Apprarently around easter time a lot of parents get them for their children as pets. After a few months the kids lose interest and the parents decide to just let them go. I didn't quote it here but someone mentioned its common sense. I definitely agree but seeing as there are some people who do not register for this site and use it to look up info (originally like myself) they may not be as educated or quite frankly smart as other animal owners. I felt the need to post it because I have never seen a rabbit strolling through Brooklyn before and while they are beautiful animals, I'd rather not see rabbit road kill starting to pop up all over the place. As far as shelters go, they're actually flooded with rabbits and helped push the ban.

New York has banned just about every animal other than dogs, cats, and chickens, haven't they? I understand the issues in a city that densely populated but I'm not sure that's the way to fix it. I am surprised they banned rabbits, as some people raise them for meat, and I always thought they were supportive of that, in deference to the immigrant neighborhoods.

But it's true that a lot of dopes buy bunnies and them dump them when they're not cute anymore :/. I just don't think a ban is going to fix that.

As far as i know rabbits use to be very numerous in the NYE area, Coney Island is loosely translated to rabbit island. So it wouldn't be a far stretch for their populations to explode in the city.

What they have too much of in NYC is people. I have to go there occasionally for business. It is like an alien world to me. Ban, this, ban that, regulate this, regulate that..... I could not live that way. To each his own I guess as long as they keep their ideas and laws out of my neck of the woods.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

What they have too much of in NYC is people. I have to go there occasionally for business. It is like an alien world to me. Ban, this, ban that, regulate this, regulate that..... I could not live that way. To each his own I guess as long as they keep their ideas and laws out of my neck of the woods.

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I completely agree and I live here lol Hoping to move within the next few years. It's like a totally different world here

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Originally Posted by Willowy

But it's true that a lot of dopes buy bunnies and them dump them when they're not cute anymore :/. I just don't think a ban is going to fix that.

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What's interesting is that one of my rabbit suppliers breeds them for competitions and to sell to other breeders, but she won't sell her surplus as pets for precisely this reason. Instead she culls them and sells them as feeders.

I've heard that a lot of competition rabbit breeders won't sell to a pet home. They feel like pet rabbits are too often neglected and/or dumped. And they're probably right :/.