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26-04-2006, 12:27 PM posted to triangle.gardens

wrote:
Jo wrote:

Have a neighbor who was breeding bunnies and then decided not so good
and set them all free. There are a few in our yard and I do not wish to
kill them, but I do not want them eating my garden. Is there anything
anyone can suggest other than killing that will help get them away from
my garden.

I second the suggestion of a humane box trap.

Your neighbor is a jerk. Domestic rabbits are a Eurasian species, NOT
native to North America. They should never be released into the wild.
If you do trap them, please don't release them elsewhere. If the other
poster (Mother Mastiff) is unable to accept all the rabbits, take the
extras to the humane society. They'll probably be euthanized, since
feral rabbits are unlikely to be good pets, but that's still better
than having yet another non-native species out there.

Hmm, any chance of reporting the neighbor to NCDENR or the Wildlife
Resources Commission? Releasing domestic rabbits can't be legal.

We were trying to buy a trap last night. Animal control won't lend us
one because they worry that their are too many bad elements in the
neighborhood and it will get stolen.
We call our street Breeder Lane because of the constant breeding of
various animals. Plastic tarps cover fences and areas where they are
breeding animals and yes I have reported this to animal control, but
they are not interested.

I don't know if I can prove they were the ones breeding the rabbits.
They dumped everything, cages and all and last time they had killed a
dog and I reported it, I was told without evidence it was my word
against theirs.

I will trap what I can and take them to my vet to get sexed for Mother
Mastiff and ask them what to do with any others I find.

Thanks for the info on the NCDENR. I will check into it just in case.

Jo