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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Maine rabbit restoration effort underway
2006-04-18
A few excerpts:

▪ A draft plan, which has yet to be approved by the state, calls for Maine to have 18 core habitats of at least 25 acres each for the rabbits by 2016.

▪ On the local level, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to survey the number of rabbits on town land in an area of Cape Elizabeth to determine which fields there should be maintained as cottontail habitat.

▪ And in Kittery, a botanist has applied for a $100,000 federal grant to implement a similar habitat improvement program on an old farm where a rabbit population has managed to hang on despite development pressures.
Lemme get this straight: $100K to get the rodent population up?
Posted by:Seafarious

#12  One of the funniest things I have ever seen was an interview with a Rabbit Control Specialist here in Oz.

He went through all the ways of getting rid of rabbits and explained how none of them worked in the medium/long term cos the buggers breed so fast.

At the end of the interview, he said the most effective way of eliniminating rabbits is to dynamite their warrens. Segment ends with him lowering stick of dynamite down rabbithole, followed by a large explosion in the middle of a paddock (field).

I was rolling on the floor laughing. There was something incredibly funny about those cute little bunnies (aka incredibly destructive vermin) getting blown to pieces.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-04-18 21:35  

#11  Maybe the Aussies could give Maine a hand. IIRC, their rabbit program was wildly successful.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-04-18 17:50  

#10  Let the rabbits breed, and I'll be shooting coyotes.
Cause = Effect.
Posted by: john   2006-04-18 15:24  

#9  I used to have a rabbit problem in my garden. When we introduced a domesticated, modified wolf (Cookie the Labrador mix) into the local microecology, the rabbits went elsewhere.
Posted by: Mike   2006-04-18 12:22  

#8  Rabbits aren't rodents. They're Lagomorphs. What a lot of crap and waste of money. Turn a couple loose and let 'em breed. Is it really a problem to have too few rabbits around? What happens when people start complaining that their gardens are getting trashed? Spend another $100 K to conduct rabbit eradication programs?
Posted by: DonM   2006-04-18 11:07  

#7  lol, Mike! Seems to me they only need a few mating pairs, some (starting) acreage and watch the population explode. There's a reason the saying is "mating like rabbits." And, what the hey, this is in Maine? Not like Maine is exactly an urban mecca, I'm sure there's plenty of room for the matin' rodents.
Posted by: BA   2006-04-18 09:50  

#6  The Maine rabbit population: gone today, hare tomorrow! Now hop to it, and keep your ears up!
Posted by: Mike   2006-04-18 09:34  

#5  All you gotta do is declare Cape Elizabeth to be a Beagle Free Zone.
Posted by: 6   2006-04-18 08:49  

#4  trying to retain domestic keychain industry
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-18 00:51  

#3  hasenfeffer farming?
Posted by: 3dc   2006-04-18 00:47  

#2  Insert appropriate sluggy freelance joke here.
Posted by: Phil   2006-04-18 00:30  

#1  I surmise more than a few somehow survived Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-04-18 00:20  

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