Rabbit owners near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island need to take precautions to protect their pets against a deadly virus that is killing feral rabbits. According to Nanaimo Animal Control Services, about 30 dead rabbits have been found in the last four days on Vancouver Island University campus and in the surrounding area. Three of the dead rabbits were sent to the province's Animal Health Centre in Abbotsford which concluded they died of rabbit hemorrhagic disease. It's nasty," said Welch, who added the disease attacks rabbits like the Ebola virus attacks humans. Welch advises rabbit owners to use a 0.5-per-cent bleach solution to disinfect anything that has come into contact with the virus.

Source: CBC News March 03, 2018 03:33 UTC