Slog - Comments on What Shall We Do With the Woodland Park Bunnies? Oh Whatever Shall We Do? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie From today's inbox, courtesy of rabbitsave@hotmail.com: These park rabbits are being trapped and forcibly relocated from their natural burrow homes in Woodland Park/GreenLake in Seattle. More hand-wringing, know-nothing jackassery from do-gooders without the brains God gave a... well, a rabbit. First of all there is nothing natural about the rabbits in Woodland Park. The rabbits belong there about as much as I belong in the veldt trying to chase down a zebra for dinner—they are abandoned pets and the children of abandoned pets. They overbreed, they starve, they suffer, they die. They overbreed because during the summers, know-nothing (but well-meaning)... Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:36:58 -0800 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:33:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Kiley Kritik Brandon,

That is the most sensible thing I've ever heard from you. Perhaps a story, and take-down, about these fools is in order. More please...

]]> Kiley Kritik http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632931 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:40:37 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways ITA...but, I wouldn't eat those rabbits...I've seen bunnies over there with some nasty tumours...i mean tumors...wouldn't want savage mad at me and kick me out of the theatER for using britishisms...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632941 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:46:46 -0800 Comment by Levislade Weird. I was thinking about these very bunnies the other day. The obvious answer is that they need sweaters: http://www.denimclature.com/MP3/Woodland_Park_Sweaters.mp3

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632951 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632951 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:52:05 -0800 Comment by Too Many Bunnies I've never understood why we don't just resolve the problems of bunny or Canadian goose overpopulation by simply making it legal to catch and kill a certain number of them. There's certainly enough hungry folks out there who could use the extra protein. And if the occasional tourist gets hit by a stray bullet...well, it is tourist season, isn't it?

]]> Too Many Bunnies http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632955 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:53:33 -0800 Comment by Red Wendy Better yet, let's rip out their hearts and take photos of them "wandering" around Seattle. Heartless bastards.

]]> Red Wendy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632958 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:55:02 -0800 Comment by atown Where's my hasenpfeffer?

]]> atown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632967 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632967 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:57:18 -0800 Comment by frederick r Open Woodland Park to hunting. Dogs, rabbits, gay toilet trolls, etc. All game.

]]> frederick r http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c632969 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:57:57 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Yes, yes--kill the gay toilet trolls. Because men seeking consensual sex with other men in public places deserve to die.

Look, I don't like the toilet trolls anymore than you do. In fact, I may like them less. There are certain parks that, if you're there and you're gay, you're presumed to be a toilet troll. Or seeking sex in bushes. I hate being lumped in with them.

But they're not harming anyone, they don't rape anyone, and if seeing men on the prowl for sex offends you... well, stay the hell out of Pioneer Square, the U-District, and Belltown on Friday and Saturday night. Unless, of course, we can shoot straight guys trolling for sex too.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633003 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:05:49 -0800 Comment by bunny
Can you show a photo of the cute little bunnies, please? I've been watching too much '24' lately. Thanks.

]]> bunny http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633013 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:14:05 -0800 Comment by treacle Yep, eat 'em. Vetting the tumor-y ones first of course (some testing, etc.)
I suspect, however, the tender people of Seattle wouldn't go for a yearly Rabbit Hunt, so we could instead set up small, P-patch style rabbit farms around the city. Perhaps individuals could be granted a wrack of rabbits and some help building a rabbit run in their backyard to start up a small rabbit farm (--40 rabbits and a hutch, perhaps?), along with automatic membership in a cooperative rabbit abatoir.

Since we know cows are already infected with MadCow/BSE, and modern cow "production" is based on a petroleum culture anyway, we should cultivate our meat locally, now, before catastrophe strikes. And rabbit is the perfect, healthy, yet managebly small-scale option. Rabbit, the new Beef. And yeah, we'd have a cottage rabbit-sweater industry, and gloves, and jackets, and "lucky rabbit's feet" again. This could be huge.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633017 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:18:41 -0800 Comment by Mardy Bum Brendan, your Urban Hunting guide was perhaps the greatest article in the paper's history.

Kudos for calling these fucking idiots out.

And if this idiot is so concerned for the rabbits, why is he not as concerend for the rats?


]]> Mardy Bum http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633018 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:20:14 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo, for PETA Omelettes are infanticide! Beekeeping is slavery! Save the bunnies!

Thank you.

]]> flamingbanjo, for PETA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633027 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:27:01 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I feel the same way about the idiots who feed pigeons. Do those fucking birds look like they need help?

In your experiment, Brendan, didn't the rabbit meat taste like shit?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633029 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:29:28 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Rabbit is delicious, but I wouldn't eat those little fuckers. They eat too many french fries.

I see them every day, and the crowds of morons who pet and feed them, and yes, they are killing the trees. If one of those trees falls across Aurora onto your or your car or your head, they'll be killing you. God, I hate the bunnies.

I've never even noticed the trolls, gay or otherwise. Don't trolls live under bridges?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633041 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:39:27 -0800 Comment by GDC Don't forget that rabbits are great fun for dogs. Go at around dusk and let the dogs run them down. Police are known for giving a thumbs up to people with rabbit chasing dogs. Your dog will love you forever. (just be sure to pick up the shit).

]]> GDC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633071 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:02:41 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways besides it's duck season...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633074 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:04:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle rabbit season

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633083 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:10:46 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Rabbit meat used to be a fairly standard mainstay of the American diet, particularly in urban settings, primarily because of the small amount of space needed to maintain a hutch. An elderly friend of mine once told me that when she was growing up in Seattle, most families that could had a rabbit hutch in their back yard (or on the roof of their apartment building) and would bring home a rabbit each Monday and fatten it for a couple of weeks for Sunday diner.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633085 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:12:29 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com Rabbit On a Stick

marinade
4lb deboned rabbit backs and legs cut into small cubes
4tbl spoons olive oil
5cloves garlic minced
2tbl spoons rosemary
3tbl spoons parmesan cheese
salt and pepper

Place rabbit {cotton tail} cubes in combined marinade and let marinade over night

Place rabbit on skewers {small portions} roll skewers in flour then in egg then in seasoned bread crumbs.

Heat a cast iron frying pan with oil and brown skewers in oil place browned skewers in roasting pan standing vertical and roast at 400 degrees for 40 minutes enjoy serve with a nice Niagara merlot
http://www.rabbithuntingonline.com/recipes/

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633150 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:58:55 -0800 Comment by z is for xylophone then we could give the homeless full bellies AND stylish rabbit-pelt hats, the kind with little flaps over the ears! how resourceful.

]]> z is for xylophone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633223 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:09:53 -0800 Comment by Gitai Just sterilize and release them. It's simple enough.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633273 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:14:07 -0800 Comment by ratcityreprobate A contribution to the large cat feeding program at the zoo would appear to be in order.

]]> ratcityreprobate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633387 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633387 City Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:49:44 -0800 Comment by meggo I'm a volunteer with the rescue project, and Brendan is correct that the rabbits are getting much better care than in the park. The facilities for temporary housing are more than adequate, and vet care is provided. If you have any questions or concerns, just contact the Parks Dept.

]]> meggo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633499 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633499 City Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:33:16 -0800 Comment by monkey Trape them and feed them to the carnivorous animals at the zoo. Don't they have snakes? Wouldn't a bored line like to work for lunch now and then?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633865 City Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:27:20 -0800 Comment by monkey oops, I meant bored LION not bored LINE. I'm not even stoned.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c633866 City Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:28:08 -0800 Comment by Sha Having horrible flashbacks of watching Watership Down as a child.

But yeah. Kill em. And kill the assholes who dump them in the park.

]]> Sha http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c643783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/what_to_do_with_the_woodland_park_bunnie#c643783 City Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:33:29 -0800