"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Rabbits have been attacking my young fruit trees and flower bed. Despite
having

fencing around the plants, they manage to get in and chew things up. Is
there
any way to get rid of them, short of shooting (my suburb doesn't allow it).
Can't keep
dogs for other reasons, plus they can't be outside in all kinds of bad
weather.



The most effective solution depends on where the rabbits come from and how
many there are.

1) If you can locate the burrows and there are not too many, poison,
ferrets+nets or physical collapse will do the trick. The exhaust from a
vehicle (+nets) is toxic in a confined space and does not leave baits about
that other herbivores may eat. Some quite interesting critters may emerge
into your nets during this procedure, are there dangerous snakes in your area?

2) If you cannot access the burrows but the numbers are limited then poison,
trapping etc on your place has a chance of reducing the numbers to a
manageable level.

3) If the numbers are large then better fencing is the only practical solution
unless you, your neighbours and the County all declare war on bunnies at once.
If in plague numbers fencing is the only thing.

Solutions #1 and #2 will have to be repeated every few years as they will
breed up and make new burrows unless suppressed regularly.

David