"JennyC" wrote in message
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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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Catch the beasties and discover the joys of a good rabbit pie or
rehouse them 20 miles away ?

Rabbit pie is fine but releasing them is an offence.

Why ???????


See
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-cou...bbit.htm#legal

Rabbits are pests under the 1954 pests Act, and every occupier of land is
responsible for destroying wild rabbits on his/her land or for taking steps
to prevent them causing damage. This is a continuing obligation.

However, not many people take much notice, and DEFRA will usually only step
in and order action to be taken in respect of severe outbreaks affecting
agricultural or horticultural land, not domestic gardens.

No-one is ever likely to wipe out rabbits in the UK, so the trick is to
either get used to them, or to protect vulnerable plants, usually with wire
netting. If the warren can be located, it can sometimes be fenced off from
the vulnerable area - rabbits do not travel far to feed. People blazing away
at rabbits in open plan front gardens on residential estates are more likely
to fall foul of the law than people releasing rabbits 20 miles away, though,
for some unknown reason.