Fur flies over feral rabbits as animal advocates push for updated wildlife rules

Local animal advocates are pulling out their ‘hare’ over what they’re calling outdated wildlife rulessurrounding the capture and rescue of feral rabbits. Patricia Tallman, an environmental policy consultant, and a group of local animal-rescue societies and stakeholders are calling on the provincial government to change parts of the Wildlife Act that declare open season on rabbits that run amok after being abandoned by their owners.