On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:24:43 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

... I think it's a disgusting man-made disease ...

I didn't think genetic engineering dated back to the late 1800's when
it was first discovered. Humans have spread it in an effort to
control rabbit populations but humans didn't make it.

I am horrified that it's here again.

It's never gone away, since it arrived in the UK in the 50's. I
suspect you are suffering trauma from your early teens experience.
Nature is red in tooth and claw. Rabbits are not native to the UK,
they are a pest.

Shooting is not practical around here with well over 100 square miles
of open moor with rabbits present. Traffic (about four road kills
within 100yds of the house yesterday morning) and the recent hard
winters have checked the population a little but if we have mild
winters it'll get out of control again. The buzzards can only take so
many and mxyi isn't that prelevant up here, the population may well
be immune.

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Cheers
Dave.