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Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Allegedly Keeping Nearly 200 Rabbits In Backyard

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police have arrested and charged a Brooklyn woman after nearly 200 rabbits were found in the backyard of a tire shop in December.

Dorota Trec, of Gowanus, faces charges of animal cruelty.

Investigators say the rabbits were diseased and injured because there were too many of them and not enough space.

Neighbors say the rabbits had been there for over two years, just beyond a fence.

"The rabbits have been there for some time now, the owners have lived there for several years and I think the owners have been pretty obsessed with them," neighbor Luther told CBS2's Meg Baker in December.

"It's very random, must be people that were raising them and decided to multiply. I never knew there were bunnies around here," Thomas Cucco said.

The rabbits could be seen from the street and even more lurked in the back garden.

 

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