something has happened to my ecosystem cuz a got at least 30 rabbits and had a host of babies this spring. nothing has eaten them this year and they stay on the hairy outskirts so my dogs can't get em (have an underground fence).
I'm starting to get some urban sprawl in my area and the coyotes haven't been howling this year as much, that I can recall.
I got chickens and nothing has messed with them, other than a cooper hawk that dropped str8 down from 30 feet and got one (just folded his wings), couldn't get him to leave, banging metal trash can lids and all. but I don't think he will be bothering me anymore.
Think I would rather have a fox than all this rabbits. however, the rabbits haven't been bother anything either, even in the garden. it's weird. I got all kinds of raptors to include bald eagles, hawks, falcons, that I would think would eat rabbit, but no carnivorous habit.
Maybe the animal kingdom has gotten soft over time too?
p.s. don't EVER let the law into your business. G&F has more power than any LEO in the land.