The mother has not returned or the nest cannot be recovered–what now?
8. I found a rabbit’s nest in a dangerous area (i.e. dogs and/or cats can get at it). Free-roaming pets are certainly a problem for wildlife, particularly during the spring and summer when there are many wild babies spending time on the ground. However, interrupting normal developmental processes of wild babies by removing them is not an acceptable solution to this problem. Although wild animals are always vulnerable to predation, cats and dogs are not natural predators to them, and the young have not evolved defenses against cat and dog predation. Toronto Wildlife Centre strongly recommends pets either be kept indoors or allowed outdoors only on leash or in a contained pen in order to keep both pets and wildlife safe. Although rabbits sometimes nest in dangerous areas, they should be left alone to finish their nesting process. Mother rabbits are very sensitive to any disturbance to their nest and/or babies, so moving the babies and or nest in any way will likely cause the babies to be
