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Town Vows to Confiscate Girl's Giant Pet Bunny


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#1 Hum

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 00:52

A 7-year-old Connecticut girl will lose her 20-pound pet rabbit if North Haven officials get their way.

Zoning Enforcement Officer Arthur Hausman issued a cease-and-desist order to the Lidsky family two weeks ago, informing them that they were violating town zoning regulations because their property was smaller than the 2 acres required to keep rabbits and other types of livestock.

More than 1,800 people have signed an online petition demanding that town officials allow Kayden Lidsky to keep the 3-year-old Flemish giant rabbit named Sandy. Kayden's father, Josh Lidsky, has vowed to appeal the order and is angered that town officials have upset his daughter.

"I don't want the bunny to go," Kayden Lidsky said, according to the petition on change.org.

"She's not a mean bunny," Kayden told WTIC-TV. "She doesn't bite people. She only licks." :huh:

North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda said town officials are not trying to take the bunny away from the girl, but are instead trying to get Josh Lidsky to respond to neighbors' complaints about blighted conditions on his property.

In May, town officials inspected the property and asked Lidsky to take several actions, including removing the rabbit hutch, replacing missing siding on his house and repairing an unfinished addition.

Lidsky says he's appealing Hausman's order about the rabbit to the town's Zoning Board of Appeals, but he's willing to clean up his yard.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 00:57

Awwwwwwww what a cute bunny!

Whoever wants to take her bunny away has no soul.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 00:58

Vote for me and I'll zone the town to disallow ********s.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:02

View PostEnron, on 11 August 2012 - 00:57, said:

Awwwwwwww what a cute bunny!

Whoever wants to take her bunny away has no soul.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:05

Yeah, I'm sure that bunny is taking up so much space :rolleyes: Goofballs.

Probably some restaurant in this town that is overrun with rats -- go worry about that.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:09

View PostHum, on 11 August 2012 - 01:05, said:

Yeah, I'm sure that bunny is taking up so much space :rolleyes: Goofballs.

Probably some restaurant in this town that is overrun with rats -- go worry about that.

That would be the Golden Corral that's rat laden.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:25

Rabbits are classed as livestock? how absurd :/

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:40

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In May, town officials inspected the property and asked Lidsky to take several actions, including removing the rabbit hutch, replacing missing siding on his house and repairing an unfinished addition.


Seems to me the neighbours are just complaining about something to cause a fuss and make the owner tidy up and fix some things but are using the Rabbit as leverage, also if the rabbit didnt have a hutch wouldnt they say one was needed so it had shelter from the sun/rain and water that was in the shade? They obviously aint too smart in that town :/

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 10:06

View PostJavik, on 11 August 2012 - 02:25, said:

Rabbits are classed as livestock? how absurd :/

Yep.

Going to need one hell of a pot for that bunny... I'll get my butchering knife!

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 10:24

View PostFloatingFatMan, on 11 August 2012 - 10:06, said:

Yep.

Going to need one hell of a pot for that bunny... I'll get my butchering knife!
Rabbit meat is sooo delicious :]

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 15:47

^ Assassins ! :p

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 15:52

Article title is yellow journalism at its finest.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 15:56

After seeing how much an average small size rabbit defecates, I cannot imagine why anyone would want one that large. That has got to be a lot of poo to clean up. Yuck. (I don't like rabbits.)

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 16:00

View PostFloatingFatMan, on 11 August 2012 - 10:06, said:

Yep.

Going to need one hell of a pot for that bunny... I'll get my butchering knife!

And a band/circular saw. In my experience, rabbit that is that big is pretty tough, hard to cook, and isnt very good either.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 16:03

View Postgeorgevella, on 11 August 2012 - 10:24, said:

Rabbit meat is sooo delicious :]

I just cooked some yesterday. http://www.saveur.co...sed-in-Red-Wine