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A shame. For vegetarians/vegans they're one of the few pets that can be nice, social animals and don't have to eat meat. A pet would be fixed, so there's no r

by Pxtl 9y ago

A shame. For vegetarians/vegans they're one of the few pets that can be nice, social animals and don't have to eat meat. A pet would be fixed, so there's no risk of escape into the wild... But pets have to be bred so the risk is still there. Maybe some system where rabbits could be certified as "imported fixed" and tagged as such? So only intact animals could be legally imported?

Qiasfah 9y ago
Importing animals of any type into Australia isn't easy since they don't have many of the diseases on other continents, nor would they likely ever approve this for non-native species. Rabbits are a huge problem in regards to protecting the native marsupials. Australia's attitude towards rabbits is completely different than areas where they're native because they are such pests.
beeforpork 9y ago
For non-vegetarians, it is also a shame, because rabbits are really delicious. This makes me wonder: I saw no exemption in that article of owning rabbits for meat production, so does that mean that down under, there is no rabbit on any restaurant's menu?
- phillc73 9y ago
  Pretty sure I've eaten rabbit in a restaurant in Australia, but I am sure it was wild rabbit. I remember as a child in Australia eating a lot of rabbit. My father would hunt them and Mum's speciality was curried rabbit. I used to love it. They really are vermin in Australia. Ever time I see a rabbit in Europe I have an almost visceral desire to kill it. Growing up in rural Australia I've seen first hamd the damage they can do if left unchecked.
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- carnismisfunny 9y ago
  Curious how insecure non-vegetarians are about their carnistic tendencies, that they must make jokes about enslaving and brutalizing sentient creatures. There mustn't be even a momentary lapse in hatred and cognitive dissonance to maintain the facade of carnist ideology.
- DonHopkins 9y ago
  If God didn't mean for you to eat people, he wouldn't have made people of meat. Same goes for rabbits, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtsi3CkfBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtsi3CkfBE
blowski 9y ago
As a side note rabbits have so little fat that living on them exclusively causes malnutrition, a condition known as “rabbit starvation”.
- gaius 9y ago
  Which really shows how desperate they are in Venezuela now.

by Pxtl 9y ago

Qiasfah 9y ago

Importing animals of any type into Australia isn't easy since they don't have many of the diseases on other continents, nor would they likely ever approve this for non-native species. Rabbits are a huge problem in regards to protecting the native marsupials. Australia's attitude towards rabbits is completely different than areas where they're native because they are such pests.

beeforpork 9y ago

For non-vegetarians, it is also a shame, because rabbits are really delicious. This makes me wonder: I saw no exemption in that article of owning rabbits for meat production, so does that mean that down under, there is no rabbit on any restaurant's menu?

phillc73 9y ago
Pretty sure I've eaten rabbit in a restaurant in Australia, but I am sure it was wild rabbit. I remember as a child in Australia eating a lot of rabbit. My father would hunt them and Mum's speciality was curried rabbit. I used to love it. They really are vermin in Australia. Ever time I see a rabbit in Europe I have an almost visceral desire to kill it. Growing up in rural Australia I've seen first hamd the damage they can do if left unchecked.
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carnismisfunny 9y ago
Curious how insecure non-vegetarians are about their carnistic tendencies, that they must make jokes about enslaving and brutalizing sentient creatures. There mustn't be even a momentary lapse in hatred and cognitive dissonance to maintain the facade of carnist ideology.
DonHopkins 9y ago
If God didn't mean for you to eat people, he wouldn't have made people of meat. Same goes for rabbits, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtsi3CkfBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtsi3CkfBE

blowski 9y ago

As a side note rabbits have so little fat that living on them exclusively causes malnutrition, a condition known as “rabbit starvation”.

gaius 9y ago
Which really shows how desperate they are in Venezuela now.