![]() ![]() "Some people are cutting holes in fences so they can live under their decks.” She recently told the Cannon Beach City Council that she had counted 74 rabbits on a drive through town. But there are simply too many.Īnother Cannon Beach resident, Sandy Fitzpatrick, said she's sick of stepping in rabbit-dug holes. But there are too many of them and they eat his flowers.Īnderson said his grandchildren enjoy the rabbits. “My wife and I do plant some flowers and different things in the yard, and they’ve come and actually eaten the plant down to about nothing in some cases,” he said.Ĭannon Beach resident Peter Anderson said his grand children enjoy the bunnies. The rabbits will eat flowers and dig holes in any yard.Ĭannon Beach resident Peter Anderson was watering his garden when he spoke to OPB. She doesn’t want to say which local business was involved, because she understands they were sick of wasting money on landscaping. "Or they dash into traffic - they’re not very smart - and they don’t look both ways before they cross the street."Ĭhenevert said last year, their numbers started to decline so suddenly that she asked around somebody was trapping and removing them. ![]() “If there’s a dog loose or something, they get caught and killed," she said. One visitor posted about watching someone get down on their stomach to entice a rabbit with a treat - only to see a seagull swoop in and steal the goodie.Ĭhenevert said hawks and foxes keep rabbit numbers in check - as does the fact they don’t run at the sight of danger. She even started a Facebook page for the rabbits. She’d like to see a Cannon Beach Easter festival, complete with carrot cakes and "bunny hop" dances. "And every morning Gary would put the flag up and pretty soon there were 10 or 12 bunnies sitting in the driveway staring at him."Ĭhenevert thinks the animals are good for the village, because they attract tourists. “We took to buying 10 pound bags of organic carrots at Costco. "And we started naming them, which was probably a mistake.”Ĭhenevert and her husband Gary let Butterscotch and Blacky live in their garden. They sort of go back and forth," she said. “We sort of share them with The Inn at Cannon Beach. She'd like to see an Easter Festival with bunny hop dances and carrot cakes. Melodie Chenevert thinks the bunnies attract more Cannon Beach tourists. That’s when Chenevert started treating the rabbits near her home like pets. So she would put down a lettuce leaf, and then she’d put down some little pieces of carrot, and they would just eat it," Chenevert said. Retired nurse Melodie Chenevert remembers her 5-year-old granddaughter's reaction the first time she saw the animals. You can walk up to them and snap their picture from a few feet away. One of the first things a visitor will notice is that the Cannon Beach rabbits aren't afraid of humans. Now the coastal town is split between those who love their fluffy neighbors and those who want to be rid of them. But for some reason, these rabbits survived to do what their species does best: Reproduce, again and again and again. They can’t easily find food and aren’t well prepared for predators. Many years ago, someone released their pet bunnies at Cannon Beach.
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