Denver Airport Invaded By Car-Eating Rabbits

AOL Travel News:

In the category of weird but true, Denver International Airport may have a problem with pesky rabbits, who eat cars. Yes, cars.

Traveler Dexter Meyer tells KUSA-TV he parked his brand new Turbo Diesel Volkswagen Jetta at the Pikes Peak Parking Lot at the airport as he headed off on a vacation. And it was eaten.

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Comments

[lovethehuff]

10:38 AM on 10/19/2010

too bad these rabbits aren't eating the actual cars but rather the wiring inside of the cars. anyone who has ever had a rabbit knows that they'll munch on wiring of any sort. can we please stop with the misleading headlines?

[zombywulf]

02:17 PM on 10/18/2010

Sounds like a car dealer plot to increase repair revenue. That or the rabbits are drinking fracked water.

[Weirdwriter]

01:31 AM on 10/18/2010

Given that DIA is surrounded by open fields with, presumably, far tastier, natural stuff, why in the world would the bunnies prefer to munch on automotive wiring?

[VeroucaSalt]

12:51 PM on 10/18/2010

warmth from cars that were recently parked, and shelter. Wiring is just convenient to chew on (& perhaps copper wires provide something that the surrounding area doesn't supply in their diet?)

[freddychef]

09:55 PM on 10/17/2010

VICTORIA, British Columbia — The European rabbit, the source species for every pet rabbit variety, was introduced long ago to places as far afield as Australia and North America. While cute and cuddly, the little lagomorphs breed, well, like rabbits. There’s no doubt of the species’ proliferative potential around the campus of the University of Victoria, which has become overrun with bunnies. Hundreds of visitors convening there over the weekend to discuss literature and nature were bemused by the flocks of cottontails nibbling grass as students and campus workers passed without a second glance.

The school’s environmental studies students created a stir in March when their newsletter, Essence, published a semi-tongue-in-cheek recipe for “ Rabbit Restoration Stew,” aimed at drawing attention to how the rabbits were damaging the landscape. The piece also noted that the local source of meat was a low-carbon alternative to industrial agriculture. The editor, Heike Lettrari, explained in local papers that the rabbit recipe was designed to provoke, not actually get students out stalking and killing rabbits.

The university started a public relations campaign last year to discourage feeding and is also considering various ways to cut the population, which is starting to spread into nearby neighborhoods. “The status quo is not an option,” Neil Connelly, the university’s director of campus planning and sustainability, said last year.

[Vivian Alicia Evans]

01:13 PM on 10/18/2010

f&f! We have the same problem with feral rabbits here in KELOWNA, British Columbia. It all started with irresponsible pet owners who decided they did not want a rabbit anymore so they dropped them off in the parks around town.

[LisaCACO]

06:51 PM on 10/17/2010

okay, I doubt that dwarf dutch bunny in the picture ate the cars, lol.

interesting chapter of "when animals attack!" this is what happens when you build on their turf. they were here first.

if you feel the need to do something, airport people, time for bunny birth control. I am not in favor of killing them but time to put feed out with birth control. btw, my hubby parks there all the time. it's the risk you take.

[JaySantos]

08:43 PM on 10/17/2010

That rabbit in the picture may look cute, but don't for a second think he wouldn't slit your throat if given the opportunity.

[Weirdwriter]

01:24 AM on 10/18/2010

KILLER BUNNY!!! AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEE!

[LisaCACO]

09:24 PM on 10/18/2010

roflmao! shades of jimmy carter and the killer rabbit. seriously, as long as they don't have opposable thumbs, we're safe...for now.

[ThinkCreeps]

04:15 PM on 10/17/2010

Scary ecoterrorist rabbits on airport property! Where are the TSA when you need them!

[JaySantos]

02:52 PM on 10/17/2010

I've always felt they should be eradicated given their large carbon footprint - this just seals the deal for me.

[blurredmolly]

07:15 PM on 10/16/2010

That little bunny couldn't eat much. Maybe a Mini Cooper?

[LiberalLee]

07:00 PM on 10/16/2010

Hail Hassenpfeffer!

[Gentleman Agitator]

10:07 AM on 10/18/2010

The rabbits are saying, "Hail Fahrvergnügen!"

[LiberalLee]

06:56 PM on 10/16/2010

Those Wascally Wabbits!
Seriously folks, a bit of ferret musk keeps the mice out of our homes in the N.E. so why not use some predator musk around the lots to keep the Thumpers away from your bumpers?
Just a dab'll do ya, so it doesn't have to irritate a human nose, just Bugs's.

[Paul Houston]

02:42 PM on 10/16/2010

Here is a solution!

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/114/Rabbit_stew_(stuffat_tal-fenek)

[Jacqueline R]

11:40 AM on 10/16/2010

It's the rabbits way of saying "don't tread on me." It's their way of protesting all the rabbits who were carelessly ran over on the roads by these speeding murder weapons. Let them have their little revenge.

[DenverBigDaddy]

09:05 AM on 10/16/2010

Trap them, cook 'em, eat them......help feed the homeless. Problem solved.

[LiberalLee]

06:57 PM on 10/16/2010

Volunteering?

[DenverBigDaddy]

05:04 PM on 10/17/2010

Yes. Absolutely.

[krikkit 1]

04:34 PM on 10/17/2010

i worked at d.i.a. for several years. those rabbits are not healthy, you don't wanna eat 'em.

[DenverBigDaddy]

05:04 PM on 10/17/2010

I heard that from a SW employee out there as well......perhaps a bit of ground contamination?

[1differentdrummer]

07:45 AM on 10/16/2010

Building DIA was not the best alternative but it made some rich folks richer when the land was bought.

[TomJoad1965]

02:19 AM on 10/16/2010

RUN-A-WAY!

[CDRUSNret]

06:58 PM on 10/16/2010

Good one, Tom. Guess they need to get into the armory for the Holy Hand Grenade!

[TomJoad1965]

01:55 AM on 10/17/2010

Five is right out!