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They appeared in the desert as if part of a cuddly, pad-footed mirage. Nobody’s quite sure where they came from, but sometime Sunday, 17 lop-eared Angora rabbits — a species not indigenous to the area — wandered onto Utah 91. Local officers took action to save the furry critters from a four-wheeled fate and rounded them up.
Robin Kirker of the Ivins animal shelter,which took the animals in, said they appeared to be domesticated but not well cared for.
“They’re just a mess,” she said. “They have been neglected.”
By Tuesday, three rabbits had been adopted and four were in foster care. Best Friends Animal Society, a multiple-species shelter in Kanab, took the remaining 10 rabbits.
The Associated Press
