Airports are a natural place to be wary of these days. It
seems that another terrorist scare is always just around the corner, and so we
allow TSA to cop a squeeze in the name of liberty. But in a surprising turn of
events, I tell you immigration is what you should be worried about at the
Denver International Airport. In what is perhaps the first sign that Mother Nature
is reclaiming her human-infested territory, rabbits are hopping the border to Denver
airport parking lots.
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trial,
right to your parked car, and he’s taking a break from his hippity hopping to
grab a bite to eat. This unexpected pest species is adorably munching away at
critical cables and wiring beneath parked cars at Denver International. You might
hope that something so cute wouldn’t dare eat anything important, but you’d be
wrong – the critters are causing hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars
in damage.
Administrators and maintenance, though charmed by the
creatures’ velvety ears, are at their wit’s end trying to protect their
vehicles. Literally hundreds of bunnies have set up shop in Denver airport
lots. The airport’s solution is three-fold: new fencing, relocation, and an
unexpected twist – fox urine.
What we have on our hands here is a good, old-fashioned
border war, folks. The rabbits are on our land, taking our parking lots, and
sucking from the teat of our American vehicles. Should we have to bear the cost
of their livelihood? I say nay. It’s about time we sent them – the rabbits –
back where they came from. Return to your grassy green fields and your peaceful
tree hollows in the Hundred Acre Woods – we don’t want them!
Maybe, just maybe, if these rodents could adapt to our
culture, and learn to tolerate the smell of fox urine that we Americans hold so
dear, then perhaps they can be integrated into our parking lots. Until then, I
call upon the powers that be for serious border reform. We need to strengthen
our fences, and start on an effective way to integrate the bunnies into our
society. Should they resist, we will just have to break out the Holy Hand
Grenade of Antioch.
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