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FW: War on Rabbits

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> Yep.  If you adjust your perspective a bit, rabbits are just another crop.
> When I was a kid, my dad would pick 'em off from the balcony.  That night
> we'd have fried "chicken," and all four kids would get a drumstick.  Yum!
> 
> -BT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brian.Scott@expro.shell.co.uk [SMTP:Brian.Scott@expro.shell.co.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, June 21, 1999 4:30 AM
> Cc:	sqft@listbot.com
> Subject:	Re: War on Rabbits
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> I sympathize with those of you who have had rabbit attacks.  
> 
> Where I live there are two wild / ferrel cats that keep the rabbit
> numbers down.  Although I dislike cats, during Winter I put food out for
> them.  Works well for us.  
> 
> However recently there has been an explosion in rabbit numbers.  To my
> horror on Friday my spinach and lettuce, till then finally up to three
> inches tall, were all eaten down to one inch stalks.
> 
> Result was five transgressors dispatched to the great warren in the sky.
> (trapped four and air rifle on the other).  
> 
> 36 hrs later traps all removed, its back to the cats to maintain the
> status quo.  I dont like culling rabbits but all the Renadine - fox
> smelling stuff, Lion dung, pepper sprays and so on, have never worked
> for me.  
> 
> BTW  I have observed the wild cats avoiding the trap boxes, so I dont
> worry about them getting caught.  Cant say the same about hedgehogs
> though.  
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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