Jack Rabbits Overrun Half Moon Island - Reach Mainland Gardens in Quincy and Boson
Jack rabbits overrun After Animal Rights activists and volunteers helped bring wild Jackrabbits to Half Moon Island in Quincy Bay the animals began to proliferate. Almost every island in Boston Harbor now has numbers of the hungry rabbits. Nearby in Quincy and Boson the rabbits are eating there way through peoples gardens and even lawns. . Close to 40 jack rabbits huddled against the cold Tuesday afternoon last week, looking like snow-covered hillocks rising from an open field across from North Quincy Shore Drive in Boson. Nearby, Joe Kovacs was playing fetch with his dog, Winston – a terrier, about the same size as the 2-foot-long jack rabbits, also known as hares. . “They’re just kind of cool,” 24-year-old Kovacs said as the white-furred animals sat, and occasionally scurried across the snow. “But I could see how that would be annoying if they were in your yard.” . These droves of hares have invaded a new...
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