The discovery of more than 500 rabbits in a southwest Edmonton house last month has led to charges, the Edmonton Humane Society said Wednesday morning.
Details weren't to be announced until the society held a media conference scheduled for 1 p.m. MT at its offices in northwest Edmonton.
On March 15, two residents were ordered to leave a house on Haliburton Crescent after public health officials ruled it uninhabitable because of urine-stained floors, droppings and hair from hundreds of rabbits that were allowed to roam freely inside.
The rabbits had been removed by Edmonton Humane Society animal protection officers several days before. Neighbours said the rabbits had been running free for about three years.
According to the health order, heat vents in the house were blocked by dust, hair and droppings. Missing floor coverings exposed a subfloor contaminated by rabbit waste.
Rabbit droppings, hay contaminated with rabbit droppings, and drywall stained with rabbit urine were found inside the house, and another pile of droppings was discovered in the driveway.
The electrical system was also deemed hazardous, due to wires that appeared to have been chewed by rabbits. Some animals were found in the pantry cupboard, the report said.
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