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Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:30:51 -0800
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On 12/19/2024 8:53 PM, Titus G wrote:
> On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>> I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they were, if not
>>>> common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others brown.
>>>
>>> My sister lives in rural Scotland.  She used to
>>> see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried
>>> cross-country in the jaws of the family cat.
>>> I mean, probably several different rabbits.
>>
>> Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables.  They eat my oregano,
>> they even ate my feijoa seedling.  They must die.  Cats like this
>> should be supported.
>>
>>> I think later, the household budget for pet food
>>> improved.
>>>
>>> If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in
>>> tin cans, to have later.
>>
>> Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them in my
>> yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits here).
>> I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have learned
>> how to cook them szechuan style.
>> --scott
> 
> Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of the South
> Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass leaving barren
> soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with large and
> frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of eradication.
> There have been regional "Rabbit Boards", tail bounties, rabbit
> divisions in Regional Councils and illegal importation and spread of the
> poison, perhaps spelt Mexamytosis.
> The meat is delicious, but not for sale, (perhaps to prevent breeding
> for food), and the last time I tasted it many years ago, was from the
> fried hind legs of a young rabbit that my retriever had caught and
> retrieved. I gave him the edible offal and the tomato plants the rest.
> 
I am reminded of The Emu War.  :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

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