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Re: War on Rabbits

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Over on the OGL, Al has reported success using a single line of monofilament
at 5 or 6 inches to keep rabbits out of his garden...
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian.Scott@expro.shell.co.uk <Brian.Scott@expro.shell.co.uk>
Cc: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: War on Rabbits


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>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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