Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new owners
When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban
Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s latest invasive
species
comes a-hoppin’ down the street: lionhead rabbits. The bunnies
, which sport
an impressive flowing mane
around their heads, want the food Griggs carries. But she also represents their best chance of survival and moving where this domesticated breed
belongs: inside homes, away from cars, cats, hawks, Florida heat and possibly government-hired exterminators
. Griggs is spearheading
efforts to raise the $20,000 to $40,000 it would cost for a rescue group to capture, neuter
, vaccinate
, shelter
and then give away the estimated 60 to 100 lionheads now populating Jenada Isles, an 81-home community in Wilton Manors.
tips
urban:城市的
suburban:郊区的
invasive:扩散性的;入侵的
species:种;类(speci- = look,kind,外观,种类)
bunny:兔子(苏格兰方言 bun,兔子)
sport:出了运动还有穿戴的意思
mane:鬓毛
breed:种类;饲养
exterminator:根除者;扑灭者
exterminate:灭绝
spearhead:做先锋;带头;先头部队
neuter:绝育;中性的
vaccinate:接种疫苗(vaccine 疫苗)vacc- = bull,牛,来自拉丁语母牛,最早牛痘苗天花
shelter:居所;庇护所;保护,躲避