Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

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Campbell Thompson wrote:

Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

A decent air rifle and a freezer?

James

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Thompson writes
Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

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Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

Janet.

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

Weed my email address to reply
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting. Buy it cheaper from a
fencing or farm supplier; DIY sheds and garden centres charge exorbitant
prices.

There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences) The gun and freezer route gives you the chance to kill
things if that's your bag, but they will be revenge killings - you'll
still get rabbit damage.

Rod

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Rod wrote:

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:



The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting.


There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences)

I have been down this road, and it is the only effective way. there are
(aren't there always) disadvantages, I now no longer get the frogs,
toads and hedgehogs, so I have slug problems!
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(Campbell Thompson) wrote in message . com...
Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

I quite like wildlife in my garden, but neither deer nor rabbit visit
very often now - we have a dog, you see.

The only other effective method is a good fence, buried at least a
foot into the ground to limit tunnelling.

Rod wrote:

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:56:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:



The local rabbit population extends far beyond the bottom of your
garden. The best, most effective method of protecting your garden from
them is to fence them out with wire netting.


There are no options - this is the only way to remove most chances of
loss and damage. (watch out for fallen branches, snow etc breaching
your defences)

I have been down this road, and it is the only effective way. there are
(aren't there always) disadvantages, I now no longer get the frogs,
toads and hedgehogs, so I have slug problems!
--
Please only reply to Newsgroup as emails
to this address are deleted on arrival.

(Campbell Thompson) wrote in message . com...
Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

I quite like wildlife in my garden, but neither deer nor rabbit visit
very often now - we have a dog, you see.

The only other effective method is a good fence, buried at least a
foot into the ground to limit tunnelling.

(Robert E A Harvey) wrote in message . com...
(Campbell Thompson) wrote in message . com...
Does anyone have any good advice for controlling the rabbit population
at the bottom of my garden?

I quite like wildlife in my garden, but neither deer nor rabbit visit
very often now - we have a dog, you see.

The only other effective method is a good fence, buried at least a
foot into the ground to limit tunnelling.

But isn't this just a perfect example of what a pig's ear we've made
of things? Rabbits aren't indigenous to these islands, having been
introduced by either the Romans or the Normans (sorry, I forget which)
as a highly valuable "crop" species; as such, they were managed as
carefully as any coppice (note the prevalence of various surnames such
as "Warner"= warrener, the man in charge of the rabbit-warrens).
Properly managed and harvested, they would provide low-cholesterol
protein and fur from grass too short even for sheep to crop, and
nobody in his right mind would have considered them a pest.

Even in my native Australia, the buns could have been turned to profit
instead of causing a total panic with all its attendant nasties such
as the deliberate introduction of myxomatosis.

Mike.