Still Waters Posted November 27, 2014 #1 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Nine thousand rabbits have been culled on a small Hebridean island, and sold to restaurants in France, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in the UK. The large-scale cull was ordered on Canna, which is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, after a previous cull of rats allowed rabbit numbers to spiral out of control. A team of six men spent a "manic" three months on the island killing the rabbits using methods including traps, dogs, ferrets, shotguns and rifles. The carcasses were then sold in France for £1 each. http://www.telegraph...-to-France.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Br Cornelius Posted November 27, 2014 #2 Share Posted November 27, 2014 As a conservationist I have to say - Great a job well done. Br Cornelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 28, 2014 #3 Share Posted November 28, 2014 That's the problem with rabbits... They breed like.. um... rabbits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted November 28, 2014 #4 Share Posted November 28, 2014 This is what happens when you kill off the island's natural predator, the wild cat. Due to this great loss in cats, these rabbits have been overpopulating and destroying plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Br Cornelius Posted November 28, 2014 #5 Share Posted November 28, 2014 This is what happens when you kill off the island's natural predator, the wild cat. Due to this great loss in cats, these rabbits have been overpopulating and destroying plants. I don't think there was a wild cat population originally. the problem was the accidental introduction of rats and rabbits. The rats predated ground nesting birds and the rabbits competed for nesting burrows. These remote off shore islands are critically important breeding sites for rare seabirds for exactly the reason that they had no natural predators. This represents one of the major threats to all island habitats and often leads to the extinction of whole species. Br Cornelius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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