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They say hunting is not adequate to solve this problem, but I would think a few boat loads of hunters from SEA could not only measurably reduce the population o
by blunte 9y ago
They say hunting is not adequate to solve this problem, but I would think a few boat loads of hunters from SEA could not only measurably reduce the population of rabbits but also provide a lot of food and fur.
I'm not at all advocating killing rabbits for food or fur, but it's at least more human (and less wasteful) than sickening them and having them suffer 2-4 days before they die.
- kirrent 9y agoIt wouldn't. New Zealand already has plenty of hunting and it's not close to enough.
- Taniwha 9y agoI don't think you understand exactly how many rabbits we have, remember they have no native predators - NZ didn't get land mammals until humans showed up in ~900AD
- blunte 9y agoWell, let's hope the virus does exactly and only what it should. It would be a shame for it to mutate and wipe out something else accidentally.
- quixoticelixer- 9y agoIt would probably be a good thing for it to do that.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoWe've tried hunting for years. You don't understand the sheer scale of the problem. Not only are the numbers of rabbits just astounding, they're spread over some of the most inaccessible terrain in the world, covered in dense forests and steep mountains. To give you an idea of the scale. Over Easter, there is the Great Easter Bunny Hunt in Otago, a district at the bottom of the South Island. They shoot 10,000 rabbits over 24 hours.