phorbin wrote:
says...


That's where you are wrong. The number of rabbits is potentially unlimited.
The numbers can only be kept in check by death and in practice that's how it
happens. Death by lack of food, disease or predators. Lacking these
exclude them so that these problems remain outside your domain.

Which is exactly what's happening around here. -- Where the environment is
city, no predators to speak of and I'm surrounded by city people who think
they're cute.

didn't they introduce falcons in NYC and other
larger cities to help deal with pigeons? perhaps
introducing falcons/hawks would help with the
bunnies and squirrels? encouraging the population
by increasing available nesting sites and making
the public more aware of the benefits (and a
reminder to keep fluffy inside).

you must be living in an area that has feral
cats under control.


Fun figures http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/scary.html

s-s-something is eating a lot of wabbit!

if you want to see a bit of really interesting
video from the Dust Bowl era check out Ken Burns
_The Dust Bowl_ and find the part they show the
out of control rabbit population (in an area
stricken by drought you'd never think they could
get so many but that is what happens when all the
predators are killed off).


songbird