 At one point in the late 1900s, a number of 4H rabbits escaped their enclosures at the Island County Fair and went on to become a large and successful feral population living, initially, around the county fairgrounds and, subsequently, extensively around Langley and south Whidbey Island.The rabbits later became a controversial topic in Langley politics in the 2010s with citizens and groups advocating for public policy positions from removal and relocation, to eradication, to control with raptors while others advocate for a more lenient position of community acceptance.The City of Langley operates under a mayor–council form of government.