Rabbits

Walking with my son in Heckscher State Park, I spotted this pair of rabbits. These were not the wild variety often seen among the cattails along the bike path. This pair looked different; they were bigger with softer looking fur and shorter ears. As I was taking photos of them, an employee drove up in a park vehicle and told me that someone had released them a few days ago. According to him they had been pets, so he was pleasantly surprised that they were still alive. He added that there's a fox not too far away that looks scraggly and hungry.  The thought saddened me.

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