COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado – The Copper Mountain area is reportedly experiencing quite the battle with a local rabbit that’s been hanging around and attempting to jump into people’s cars.
According to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Animal Control officers were contacted about the rabbit by area employees who had been seeing it and were worried that it might be a domestic animal that had escaped.
Officers attempted to locate the rabbit but were unable, and a day later the employees sent a picture of the rabbit to the animal control. Officers confirmed it was a wild animal.
The employees were given the choice to either leave the animal along or set up a live trap to capture and release it within 2 miles of where it was caught.
Colorado allows landowners or their agents to hunt, trap, take, or relocate any cottontail rabbit if it’s causing damage to private property. Relocation can only occur if Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been notified in advance, the relocation site is appropriate habitat for the species, permission has been obtained from the landowner or managing agency where the animal will be released, and the relocation site is within 10 miles of the capture site.
