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2006-04-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Maine rabbit restoration effort underway

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I surmise more than a few somehow survived Jimmy Carter.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-04-18 00:20|| 2006-04-18 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Insert appropriate sluggy freelance joke here.

Posted by Phil 2006-04-18 00:30|| 2006-04-18 00:30|| Front Page Top

#3 hasenfeffer farming?

Posted by 3dc 2006-04-18 00:47|| 2006-04-18 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 trying to retain domestic keychain industry

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-18 00:51|| 2006-04-18 00:51|| Front Page Top

#5 All you gotta do is declare Cape Elizabeth to be a Beagle Free Zone.

Posted by 6 2006-04-18 08:49|| 2006-04-18 08:49|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-04-18 09:34|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-04-18 09:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-04-18 11:07|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-04-18 12:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Let the rabbits breed, and I'll be shooting coyotes.
Cause = Effect.

Posted by john">john 2006-04-18 15:24|| 2006-04-18 15:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe the Aussies could give Maine a hand. IIRC, their rabbit program was wildly successful.

Posted by SteveS 2006-04-18 17:50|| 2006-04-18 17:50|| Front Page Top

#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">phil_b 2006-04-18 21:35|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-18 21:35|| Front Page Top

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