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Hey, dickheads. Stop shooting wild rabbits with blow darts. The Aurora Animal Service Department sent an announcement today, August 20, alerting the public that city officials are on the lookout for someone shooting rabbits with a “blow dart or blowgun-style weapon.” According to Aurora Animal Services, there were five confirmed incidents of rabbits found with blow darts in their bodies between July 15 and August 15, and one died from the injuries. Some photos show rabbits with as many as four blow darts still in them. All four of the incidents were reported near the intersection of East Glasgow Place and South White Crow Way, by the Southlands area. Already at the bottom of the food chain, rabbits are having a hard enough summer as it is. A tentacle- and horn-growing virus specific to rabbits, cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, is sweeping through the Front Range this summer. According to Colorado Parks & Wildlife, most rabbits eventually shed the odd-looking growths and survive the...

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