I camped in the Drumheller region a few years ago, and the campground had a whole whack of feral domestic bunnies hopping around. Late at night, I could hear a GHO hooting away. The next day, the buzz around my site was that several of the bunnies were gone.
Nature has a way of culling the herd. I'm sure the cat bylaw has helped the little buggers out, just like with the eastern grey squirrels.
My .22 and a "value pack" of 500 rounds would take care of the problem.. it would only cost $18 vs. $6000 to rescue them.. We have jack rabbits in my neighbourhood, they are constantly being mangled on the main drag.. I guess the domesticated ones can breed every 31 days that probably where the majority of the problem lies..
I think what people are worried about is coyotes. The coyotes usually stay away from people, but if all the food (rabbits) are in the communities, then the coyotes will follow. And if they can't find any rabbits around they might look for other neighbourhood pets.
I think what people are worried about is coyotes. The coyotes usually stay away from people, but if all the food (rabbits) are in the communities, then the coyotes will follow. And if they can't find any rabbits around they might look for other neighbourhood pets.
Hopefully the coyotes would eat my neighbours yappy dog.. If he wasnt meant to be eaten, why did they name him Muffin?
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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At my brother's place up in Creekside there are always at least 4-7 bunnies in his yard alone (big yard, but that is ONE yard), as it isn't fenced yet. They are everywhere, hopping around, looking cute and making those little bunny faces where their whiskers wiggle, but DON'T BE FOOLED ONE DAY THE SIGNAL WILL COME AND IT'LL BE CURTAINS FOR ALL OF US; YOU MIGHT KILL THE FIRST FEW DOZEN BUT THE THOUSANDS THAT COME AFTER WILL EAT AND EAT AND EAT AND IT'LL ALL BE OVER, NO MORE CARS AND NO MORE SKYSCRAPERS OR HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII, NO MORE FLIRTING WITH THE HOT WAITRESS AT JOEY'S AND NO MORE LATE NIGHT BEER RUNS, IT'LL JUST BE FUR AND PAWS AND LITTLE BUNNY EARS TWITCHING WITH JOY THAT IS IT ALL THEIR WORLD NOW!!!!
The winter might have thinned them out enough for us to win the coming war - if it wasn't for the oil companies and the subsequent global warming. Only Al Gore can save us now!
Screw the bunnies.
If they're wild then good for them.
If they're ferral and they have been living in a cage their whole life, then winter, or coyotes will solve that problem.
Besides, what kind of problem is having too many rabbits running around.
Oh no, look out for all those cute little bunnies.
I say don't worry about it, it's a little too soon to go shopping for snakes and gorillas just yet.
There were no rabbits in our neighbourhood for the longest time, we only had coyotes running all over the place. Now the coyotes are gone and the rabbits are back in full force. I don't really see what the issue is though, nobody I know has really been complaining about them. All they do is bounce around and look cute.
Too bad the rabbits in Calgary are ugly jackrabbits. If they were the cute Peter-Rabbit-esque bunnies that infest England then people probably wouldn't be as upset. The ones in England are very cute and snuggly.
Too bad the rabbits in Calgary are ugly jackrabbits. If they were the cute Peter-Rabbit-esque bunnies that infest England then people probably wouldn't be as upset. The ones in England are very cute and snuggly.
The ones that are now running around certain Calgary neighborhoods ARE the cute bunnies you'd find in a pet store. Just now they've gone feral.
Too bad the rabbits in Calgary are ugly jackrabbits. If they were the cute Peter-Rabbit-esque bunnies that infest England then people probably wouldn't be as upset. The ones in England are very cute and snuggly.
You ever see a baby jackrabbit? Not many baby animals much cuter!!!
Did your dogs used to be more of an orange color and then got lighter with age? My retriever is bright orange and he is 2 but I see these older looking retrievers that have whiter faces.
Anyway, in blocking off the escape routes for my cats in my yard I blocked out all rabbits from entering.
I think what people are worried about is coyotes. The coyotes usually stay away from people, but if all the food (rabbits) are in the communities, then the coyotes will follow. And if they can't find any rabbits around they might look for other neighbourhood pets.
I used to have a big ol silverback Shepherd that liked to eat coyotes...No joke. Meanest dog I've ever seen, to anyone and anything but me and my family. She was a rescue dog, so I'm not entirely sure on what made her such a brute, but if my other shepherd was trying to play with her and she wasn't into it, all she had to do was a tiny little growl and the other one would cower and be gone for 2 or 3 hours. We never had any worries about being robbed, that's for sure. She would have devoured anyone brave enough to set foot in our house. She's gone now and our other shepherd prefers to play with coyotes (and intruders, I'm sure) as opposed to eating them.
