1.   Hilda Niz opens the wire mesh door, reaches into the small wooden hutch and pulls out a fat black rabbit.

2.   Like many of the single-story homes in the neighborhood, there were bars on the windows of the converted garage and a steel mesh security door.

3.   Some were sealed by padlocked metal or mesh doors.

4.   The only improvement over the last decade has been the replacement of a worn-out wire mesh door, she said.