Re: Lawn ponds and cottontail rabbits
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- Subject: Re: Lawn ponds and cottontail rabbits
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 17:02:19 -0600 (MDT)
Robert E. Stassen wrote:
>
> On the subject of controlling cottontails in your gardens, I have pulled out
> drowned rabbits from my lawn ponds (which have aquatic plants) throughout
> the summer, and anticipate far less damage from rabbits on shrubs and winter
> annuals throughout the winter. These are vinyl ponds, which apparently
> prevent the rabbits from pulling themselves out.
A fox suffered the same fate in my neighbor's pond -- perhaps following
too close behind a cottontail!
Griff Crump. along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
