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.

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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