‘It’s ridiculous:’ Nanaimo woman fights bylaw restricting rabbits
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo woman is challenging an obscure City bylaw banning rabbits from properties under an acre in size.
Liane Morrissette reached out to NanaimoNewsNOW after receiving a warning letter Jan. 30 from a City bylaw enforcement officer saying her six rabbits had to be removed. Failure to comply would lead to fines or the pets being impounded.
“I really don’t want to think about all of the little kids out there with pet bunny rabbits completely innocuously kept in their bedrooms and someone deciding that they have a grudge against that particular family and having that bunny rabbit taken away.”
Morrissette doesn’t know who complained, but said the immediate neighbours of her Railway Ave. property don’t have a problem with her rabbits. She said her domesticated rabbits are primarily out of public view in a backyard shed.