I'm with the rabbits. Cute wins every time.
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On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> The swan article is amusing. But invasive species can be a major
>> problem. Ask anyone who lives in upstate New York about all the cute deer.
> Yeah, we have our charismatic mega fauna here too. European rabbit. The
> NPS (National Park Service) suggested eradication using sharp shooters.
> Quick, clean, effective, cheap and proven on Catalina Island. Man you
> should have seen the rabid Bunny-huggers. No matter that the 10s of
> thousands of rabbits had reduced the 100+ac prairie (and many other
> properties) to a virtual gravel pit with man-trap holes. In the process
> wiping out the ground nesting birds, small rodents and reptiles which
> are the main prey of many raptors and foxes, endangered butterflies and
> who knows what else. Their knowledge of or respect for science perhaps
> even less than that of the Tea Party.
>
> BUT RABBITS ARE CUTE!
>
> Back story: These rabbits at one time (1960-70's) covered the island and
> cost farmers and landowners $100k's to fence. 10 rabbits=1 cow.
> <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076416/4/index.htm>
>
> Slowly the rabbit numbers began to decline. Some speculated it was
> reduced habitat due to fencing, disease, increase in predators (someone
> released ferrets) and one study suggested that the grass developed a
> natural defense which rendered the rabbits less fertile. Who knows. In
> any event the population declined drastically until now only a few
> pockets remain mostly on the prairie owned by the NPS which by the way
> is looking much better although many of the repopulating plants are
> themselves invasive.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5289> and others
>
> A good opportunity to give them the coup de grass while at the nadir
> no?? Not if the bunny-huggers have a say and my they are vocal! Facts?
> Who needs facts when convenient anecdote and mistaken conclusions are
> better? Few of the issues on below website have any historical or
> scientific basis as was pointed out at a recent public meeting. It was
> as if the professional scientists were talking to the air.
> <http://www.saveourbunnies.org/Save_Our_Bunnies.html>
>
>
>
> Mike
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