Police say 334 bunnies found in NM woman’s yard
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A New Mexico woman with an affinity for rabbits has run afoul of the law after her rascally pets started multiplying like, well, rabbits. Rio Rancho police said Monday that Nancy Haseman was cited under an ordinance that allows five pets per household after an animal control officer found 334 bunnies hopping around in her yard.
The officer spotted the animals last month after a neighbor complained about rabbits eating her garden.
Haseman says her husband rescued a rabbit 12 years ago after a neighbor abandoned it, then the couple began rescuing more bunnies.
She says they kept the males separate from the females, but the males hopped the fence and things got “out of control.”
Haseman says the couple hoped to help the animals.
Rescue groups have found homes for about half the Haseman rabbits.
Information from: KRQE-TV, www.krqe.com
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