phorbin wrote:
songbird says...
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.

London Ontario Canada pop. 300,000 and change.

There are areas of the city that have feral cats. -- London has a trap, neuter
release program to keep the numbers down.

Our small cul de sac neighourhood doesn't have any, whilst an area along the
river, 4 blocks away has a transient population of ferals.

It may be a matter of us having 2 main traffic arteries nearby. -- Any outdoor
cat that's roams around here seems to have a max. lifespan of about 3 years.

Except for the Cooper's hawk that hunts meat on the wing at our neighbour's
bird feeders, the hawks are usually seen hunting in the parks.

opening up some areas for them to fly through
and putting up some nesting sites might help.


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

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

Be vewy vewy quiet.

Couldn't wesist.

ditto!

cheers,


songbird