I got attached to a few rabbits and let them wander though the acreage
instead of culling them..... going into the 2010 winter and OMGoodness....
we had bobcats show up that we didn't know we had! They had NO fear of us
humans either. I shot at one to scare it (semi automatic) and it FINALLY
slowly trotted away. I was within 20 feet of it!
We had secured our birds for the winter from the total devastated loss our
first winter so once these bobcats came in, we couldn't stop them.
No more loose rabbits for us! Not only that, the bobcats kill our other
livestock AND our cats. Our cats also killed the baby rabbits... not the
desired results! After that our barn cats wanted to eat the rabbits in the
hutches. So in the end, not a good idea and we had to get rid of the
bobcats.
The guy across the street has had alot of "domestic" rabbits running loose
for many years (prior caretakers released them), thought they are depleting
now with the bobcat population expanding due to "easy' prey. Not a good
idea for predator areas.
Agreed Stephanie, I am not inadvertently feeding the wildlife anymore, I am
feeding my dogs & my family only ;-)
Trina
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:21 AM, k9dancer <k9dancer@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Before you release rabbits, you might consider the devastating effect that
> could have on your neighbor's gardens.
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> Perhaps you might introduce them to your freezer instead? Rabbits are
> delicious, nutritious, and low fat protein.
> Stephanie
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