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"Miami Airport Officials Debating What To Do About Runway Rabbits"

Monday, March 31, 2003

Miami Airport Officials Debating What To Do About Runway Rabbits
Runaway Breeding Creating A Hazard
The Associated Press


MIAMI, Fla. -- An animal trapper has stepped forward with an offer that
could spare the lives of about 500 black-tailed jackrabbits at Miami
International Airport. 

The rabbits are slated to be exterminated because they are breeding unabated
near runways. 

Steven Rosen of Plantation has offered to pay for the cost of flying the
rabbits to an animal rights ranch in Texas. Airport officials agreed to meet
with Rosen on Thursday to discuss his plan.
 
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the airport to rid its
grounds of the wild hares. The animals get run over by aircraft and their
carcasses attract hungry turkey vultures that hover above the runway and
jeopardize planes landing and taking off. 

Airport director Angela Gittens has signed off on a proposal by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to have Wildlife Service agents kill the rabbits
with shotguns and pellet rifles. But she won't submit it to the agency
before meeting with Rosen.


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