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Anglian Water has dismissed speculation that the rabbit which was found to be the source of the cryptosporidium scare was planted in a water tank on purpose. Fifteen people fell ill with cryptosporidiosis linked to the type found in Northampton's tap water after a parasite was found at the Pitsford Water Treatment Works in June. The source of the parasite was linked to a rabbit found in a tank at the treatment works.

This striped rabbit is critically endangered. When being raised as a child I hunted and ate many rabbits. I feel I should take a plight for the endangered and God given beautiful creatures. Revski

YEAH!!!! KILL DA WABBITS!!!!! GOD HATES ALL FILTHY SODOMITE WABBITS!!!!!!!!!! PTARMIGANS WILL RISE AGAIN AND TRIUMPH OVER THE EVIL BUNNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

October 26, 2007 -- THERE isn't enough re vealing material in the tedious documentary "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains" to sustain an 800-word magazine profile, let alone a two-hour film. "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme followed Carter along on a 2006-2007 tour to promote his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" but utterly failed to illuminate the personality of the winner of such prestigious awards as the Grammy for Best Audiobook Recording and the Nobel Peace Prize. Nor does Demme go into any depth about issues in the West Bank and Gaza.

Along a gritty stretch of Harrison Street just west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, cars and trucks zoom past in a whoosh of hot air and and blowing dust. Horns blare, sirens scream and every few minutes a city bus rumbles past, belching exhaust. In the background, the skyline rises like a mountain range of glass and steel. This is the urban jungle -- teeming with crowds, booming to a cacophony of sound, alive in a whirl of motion. But look closely. There -- along the sidewalk -- an Eastern cottontail rabbit hops down the cracked concrete. It perks its...

An explosion in the rabbit population has "trashed" the World Heritage listed Macquarie Island, which is home to endangered penguins and albatrosses, the World Wide Fund for Nature said. The conservation group is calling on the government to implement a 25 million dollar (21 million US) strategy to eradicate rabbits, rats and mice on the sub-Antarctic territory. WWF spokesman Andreas Glanznig said it was possible that mice, which have been shown to become carnivorous on an island in the Atlantic, could evolve enough to threaten endangered bird species on the remote scrap of land. "It's a scary scenario but it's...

Hungary's busiest highway, connecting Budapest with the Austrian capital Vienna, was closed early on Monday after a truck carrying rabbits crashed. Five-thousand of the animals were let loose on the road, police say.

"Oh no! It's full of Jews!"

It is rare to get an insider's perspective on the emergence of al-Qaeda. It is also rare to get a glimpse of the world of spies and agents. To provide both is incredibly unusual. Omar Nasiri - not his real name but one chosen to protect his identity - says he spent seven years working as an agent for European intelligence services and as an al-Qaeda operative, part of the time in the UK. He provides a unique insight into how al-Qaeda was far more organised, coherent and determined in the 1990s than was appreciated at the time. Jihad militants...

KING 5 TV reports that the last male of the Columbia pygmy rabbit species known to exist in captivity has died. There are two surviving females. Hopes are that cross breeding can rejuvenate the species.

Palo Alto, Calif. -- Sixty-five rabbits have been found abandoned around the city in recent months, and all but one of them have been euthanized, city officials said. Animal control officials said the same person is likely responsible for leaving the rabbits in five separate incidents during the past six months. Most of the rabbits were skittish around humans, and some were emaciated and had open wounds on their bodies, city officials said. "It appears that the person is endlessly allowing rabbits to breed and then they are carelessly dumping them in our city," city officials said in a statement....

Defend your nuts: a parable on property rights and hippies Suppose you were a squirrel. You would work hard to find the biggest nuts, and then stash those large nuts in secret places. You'd only do so if you had a high degree of assurance that those nuts would be there, unrotted and ready to eat, when your life depended on them. You'd have to depend on other squirrels to not steal your nuts, and assure them that you would do likewise. Now suppose that a pack of liberal chinchillas, calling themselves the Friends of the Forest, came along preaching...

The investigation into how three Boston University researchers became infected with tularemia when they thought they were working with a harmless form of the germ is increasingly focusing on the possibility that a naturally occurring lethal strain contaminated animal blood used to promote growth of the bacteria.

He wanted a bit of company, so he bought a pair of bunnies. He ended up with more company than he could handle. Given the run of the house, the little furballs did what rabbits are known for. In less than a year, the man, whose name the Louisiana SPCA withheld on grounds that he was embarrassed enough already, had 73 rabbits. They chewed the furniture. They burrowed into chairs, couches and mattresses. They processed food faster than their owner could clean up after them. Finally, said SPCA Executive Director Laura Maloney, he passed out. Then he moved out and...

I was looking over a menu in a restaurant the other day when I saw a section for vegetarians; I thought to myself "boy, I sure am glad that I'm not a meat-hating fascist" and I skipped on to the steak section (because I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $15 for an alfalfa sandwich, slice of cucumber and a scoop of cold cottage cheese), but before I turned the page something caught my eye. The heading of the vegetarian section was titled "Guiltless Grill," not because there were menu items with fewer calories and cholesterol (since there were...

Michelle Duggar just won the "Young Mother of the Year Award" in Arkansas, which is sponsored by American Mothers Incorporated. Duggar is like any mom -- multiplied several times over. Michelle Duggar, 37, and her husband, former state Rep. Jim Bob Duggar, have 14 kids. All of their names start with the letter "J," and number 15 is due this month. The children: Joshua, 16; Jana and John-David, 14; Jill, 12; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9; Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 3; James, 2; and Justin, 1. "I'm either expecting or nursing," Michelle Duggar says...

MIDI - MORE THAN A FEELING I woke up this morning to check out the news The kids got the GLOBE and brought it inside I looked at them both and their eyes had bulged Their jaws had dropped...they were quite surprised My wife was reeling...there's porno on page one Yes, she was seething...oh my goodness, what has this rag done? Nude Iraqi chicks there on display Some wore blue thongs like an intern wore Although this time they were on top their head They did it like rabbits on camera "They're genuine," that's what the GLOBE said That's...

PLANT CITY, Fla. -- A veteran Plant City High School agricultural science teacher faces fines and criticism after killing two day-old rabbits with a shovel as her stunned class looked on, authorities said Tuesday. But Jane Bender won't face criminal charges for killing the sickly rabbits, which had been rejected by their mother, officials said. Investigators said Bender killed two rabbits and buried them in a field near the agricultural lab with two others from the same litter that had died. "We felt this person had to be held accountable," said Hillsborough County Animal Services investigator Dennis McCullough, whose agency...

NORTH SIDE -- Concerned at the appearance of dead rabbits during his February nature walks along Montrose Point, North Sider Ion Valentin has leveled a new and chilling suspicion: Somebody targeted the rabbits with killer potatoes to stop them from eating the local greenery. ~~snip~~ "We are definitely not poisoning rabbits," said Park District spokesman Julian Green, who said the dead rabbits "were news to us as well."

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A veterinarian accused of using a mallet to kill a miniature dachshund that had entered his yard has been charged with felony animal cruelty. Dr. Mircea Volosen, who was indicted Thursday, could receive up to two years in prison if convicted of killing his neighbor's pet. Police say the dog was killed July 4 after it entered Volosen's Fort Worth-area yard, where he keeps chickens and rabbits. Volosen's attorney, William D. Cox III, said Friday that his client will plead innocent. "We're disappointed and surprised by the indictment. It's merely Dr. Volosen was exercising his...