住宅街にウサギの群れ　100匹に　穴を掘ったり…住民は大迷惑(2023年7月17日)

A herd of rabbits in a residential area Up to 100 ones Digging holes… Residents feel annoyed (2023/07/17)

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飼い主が捨てたウサギが住宅街を“占拠”し、問題となっています。　
Rabbits abandoned by their owners are "encroaching" on residential areas and becoming a problem.
アメリカ・フロリダ州の住宅街を我が物顔で歩き回るのは可愛らしいウサギです。　
This is a cute rabbit walking around a residential area in Florida, USA.
このウサギ、元はブリーダーの女性が引っ越しする際に捨てたもので、それ以降、繁殖を繰り返し、今では100匹近くに増えたということです。　
The rabbits were originally abandoned by the owner woman when she moved, have since been bred many times and now have close to 100 ones.
道路だけでなく住宅の庭にも侵入し、穴を掘ったり植物を荒らしたりするため、住民は困っているということです。　
Residents are in trouble because these rabbits invade not only the road but also the garden, digging holes and destroying crops.
市はウサギを殺処分すると発表しましたが、専門家は、この地域の気候がウサギにとって暑すぎのうえ、野生動物にも狙われるため保護する必要があると主張しています。　
The city has announced that the rabbits will be culled, but experts say the region's climate is too hot for rabbits and they are prey to wildlife and need to be protected.
このため住民はウサギを保護するための費用、最大で4万ドル、日本円で約550万円を集めようとしています。　
For this reason, people are trying to raise up to $40,000, or about 5.5 million Japanese yen, to protect the rabbits.
市は現在、このウサギの保護の動きをしばらく見守ることにしています。
The city will now oversee rabbit conservation efforts for the foreseeable future.

飼い主が捨てたウサギが住宅街を“占拠”し、問題となっています。　

街

.. street, .. quarter, .. district

住宅

Residence, housing, residential building

問題

Question (e.g. on a test), problem; problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion, controversy; trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

飼い主

Shepherd, (pet) owner

占拠

Occupation (e.g. of territory), exclusive possession
アメリカ・フロリダ州の住宅街を我が物顔で歩き回るのは可愛らしいウサギです。　

街

.. street, .. quarter, .. district

州

Sandbank, sandbar

住宅

Residence, housing, residential building

可愛らしい

Lovely, sweet

フロリダ

Florida

歩き回る

To walk about, to walk to and fro, to pace around

我が物顔

Looking or acting as if one owned the place
このウサギ、元はブリーダーの女性が引っ越しする際に捨てたもので、それ以降、繁殖を繰り返し、今では100匹近くに増えたということです。　

女性

Woman, female; feminine gender

元

Unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of china); yuan dynasty (china)

際

On the occasion of, circumstances, juncture

以降

On and after, as from, hereafter, thereafter, since

今

The current ..., this; today''s ..

近く

Near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"), close to; shortly, soon

繰り返し

Repetition, repeat, reiteration, iteration, refrain, cycle; repeatedly

匹

Counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

引っ越し

Moving (dwelling, office, etc.), changing residence

繁殖

Breed, multiply, increase, propagation

ブリーダー

breeder
道路だけでなく住宅の庭にも侵入し、穴を掘ったり植物を荒らしたりするため、住民は困っているということです。　

穴

Ass, arse, buttocks; rear, end; acupuncture point; hole, notch

住宅

Residence, housing, residential building

住民

Citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

植物

Plant, vegetation

道路

Road, highway

侵入

Invasion, incursion, raid, aggression, intrusion, trespass, penetration

庭

Garden, yard, courtyard; field (of action), area

荒らし

(Internet) troll; raising havoc, laying waste, disturber; robbery, holdup; robber, thief
市はウサギを殺処分すると発表しましたが、専門家は、この地域の気候がウサギにとって暑すぎのうえ、野生動物にも狙われるため保護する必要があると主張しています。　

市

City

必要

Necessary, needed, essential, indispensable; necessity, need, requirement

発表

Announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one''s opinion), releasing, unveiling

気候

Climate

主張

Claim, request, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet

地域

Area, region

処分

Disposal, dealing (with a problem), disposition, measure, procedure; punishment; putting down (e.g. diseased animal)

家

House (e.g. of tokugawa), family

動物

Animal

保護

Care, protection, shelter, safeguard, guardianship, favor, favour, patronage

暑

Heat; midsummer

専門

Speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert, area of expertise

野生

Wild, growing wild; i
このため住民はウサギを保護するための費用、最大で4万ドル、日本円で約550万円を集めようとしています。　

費用

Cost, expense

円

Yen, japanese monetary unit; circle

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

住民

Citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

万

Many, all

最大

Biggest, greatest, largest, maximum

保護

Care, protection, shelter, safeguard, guardianship, favor, favour, patronage

日本円

Japanese yen
市は現在、このウサギの保護の動きをしばらく見守ることにしています。

市

City

現在

Now, current, present, present time, as of

動き

Movement, move, motion; trend, development, change, fluctuation

見守る

To watch over, to watch attentively

保護

Care, protection, shelter, safeguard, guardianship, favor, favour, patronage