http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wi...overnment-s****s-rabbit-control-measures.html Yet again the left wing towny labor government undermine the agricultural and rural economy.
Landowners and farmers will still shoot them, regardless. But I agree, his government is increasing out of touch with reality.
By that I presume you mean Tony's cronies.:lollol: One or two things a bit not sure about in that article. Surely Rabbits have been a problem well before the 50s. And they are not native, now I know you can go back a long way with these things, but when were rabbits introduced to Britain? Most of the ones I see are nearly dead, or blind, due to myximotosis(spelling) A green approach from the fifties I believe.:skp::(
I take that as an insult Paul, I live in the town, but the labour government have done nothing for me. They have no boundries, town or country, they screw us all mate.
Bunnies? Well in these times of financial stringency, they make good, low fat, healthy eating. So harvesting them ought to be encouraged. When son had ferrets we often ate bunny in all sorts of ways. Bunny burger is brill! Non-indigenous species introduced in the mid 13th century via the Normans who got them from the Romans. I may be wrong regarding the latter as it's a while since I was researching the subject, but why not blame the Italians:lollol:
Only a little bit Pete I knew I'd seen something a year or so ago about Romans and bunnies. Just discovered this - http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/Posts/00000083.html
As per my thoughts and that article above Dai. I'm sure I'd read somewhere that they came in with Romans, but were not extensively 'farmed' until the Normans decided they were 'haute cusiine' and the nosh of the Great and Good and not grub for the Great Unwashed:thmb:
Oops Pete, Good point. The trouble is they breed like erm rabbits!!! and if a neighboring landowner refuses to control them the landowner who's crops they are destroying can now do very little. Although the fines under the act were small the law was effective and Defra and the old MAFF did enforce things ( I know this from talking to an ex MAFF employee). To my mind rabbit control is absolutely essential, the erosion and crop damage caused by them is immense. Also were control is carried out, mixy rabbits were seen will be destroyed, even those blinded by sentiment for the cuddly rabbit can normally see how cruel a disease mxymitosis is.
Its OK Paul, Ill let you off.:D Tell me though. just how do you go about deciding who a particular rabbit belongs to. If its eating your crops, surely you can shoot it. Why should the neighboring land owner who has no crops and no reason to kill them, be expected to do so. Thats the kind of thinking that would go down well in Africa, I dont think. Farmers versus wildlife that is.
Go ahead, go ahead, blame us, we are used to it,and anyway, you are probably right :ntwrth: But, it was the Britons introducing rabbits to Australia, and they destroyed whole ecosystems there, so, in the end, I guess we are level. :flag:
Not really, Ivory. If your ancient ancestors hadn`t brought it to Britain, WE wouldn`t have had it to infect Australia. And they wouldn`t have produced the sportsmen and women to hammer US at every sport WE invented.:rotfl::rotfl:
