World News

New security at rabbit sanctuary

Published: July 10, 2011 at 8:40 PM

COOMBS, British Columbia, July 10 (UPI) -- Security at an animal sanctuary in Canada has been strengthened after 20 rabbits were brutally killed during a break-in, officials say.

Susan Vickery, owner of the EARS Sanctuary in Coombs, British Columbia, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. she found the rabbits crushed on the property June 15.

"As I crossed the sanctuary, I saw one of my rabbits laying dead, crushed outside the sanctuary gates," she told the CBC, adding she then discovered more dead rabbits in six of the seven outbuildings on the refuge.

Vickery said she waited to tell the media about the break-in until the new security measures -- including an alarm system, infrared-capable security cameras and a person to live on the grounds -- were in place.

"I can't even approach the motivation for that kind of act. It's frightening. It's monstrous," Vickery said.

© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints

Most Popular Collections

'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening	NBC upfronts	Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York	Spire raised on top of One WTC	2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces

Additional World News Stories
Top News Senate shoots down Rand Paul's immigration reform amendment WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The Senate Wednesday shot down Rand Paul's amendment to the U.S. immigration reform bill that would have tied immigrants' legal status to border security. Man allegedly cuts off his hands after stabbing dad Deceased Swedish patient's body forgotten for days in hospital Rape charges brought against three Navy football players Explosions under London sidewalks investigated	Entertainment News Selena Gomez said to have hooked up with singer Ed Sheeran LOS ANGELES, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. singer and actress Selena Gomez and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran are now involved in a trans-Atlantic romance, Us Weekly reports. Lourdes flooding: French floods kill 2, close Catholic pilgrimage site Taj Jackson wedding attended by Kris Jenner, but not Paris Jackson 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dies in Italy at 51 [VIDEO] Russell Brand mocks MSNBC anchors on their own show
Business News Iraq: Chevron, Total expand Kurdish drilling ERBIL, Iraq, June 19 (UPI) -- Iraq's Kurds have consolidated their growing energy sector with Chevron Corp. securing a third exploration block in the semiautonomous northern region that increasingly operates as a de facto independent state and France's Total buying a majority stake in another. Designers Dolce and Gabbana given suspended jail terms Markets slide on Fed news 200 Walgreens stores to get solar panels Chicago tops in owner-vacated properties in foreclosure	Odd News Joe Torre's daughter catches falling baby Cristina Torre reportedly saved the life of a baby who fell from an awning in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Two U.S. Navy landing craft up for auction; each seats 200, and a tank Drunken Polish dentist yanks tooth of patient wanting a crown Burglar stumbles into hanging body of suicide Your Daily Horoscope