Working Holiday, Anyone?

[Suzy Ross 236]

Thousands of rabbits, including animals that caused a landslide that blocked a road, are to be culled on a small Hebridean island.

 

National Trust for Scotland (NTS) estimates there are more than 16,000 rabbits on Canna.

 

The burrowing animals have been blamed for causing a landslide that affected a main route on the isle and for damaging archaeological sites.

 

NTS is to put out to tender a contract to control rabbit numbers.

 

Work to exterminate rats on Canna was completed in 2008.

 

Rats were blamed for eating the eggs and chicks of ground-nesting seabirds, seriously affecting their population.

 

Pest controllers from New Zealand were brought in to deal with thousands of rats, using poison and traps.

 

The rodents first arrived on the island on ships about 100 years ago.

 

They had also posed a threat to the island's rare wood mice, 130 of which were transferred to Edinburgh Zoo before the cull.

 

However, rabbits will not be completely wiped out because they provide food to eagles that nest on Canna.

 

NTS said: "There are concerns about the impact that the population is having on the island, given the recent landslide.

 

"Following advice from a specialist wildlife advisor, we are about to go out to tender for a contractor to undertake control work on the island.

 

"The intention is that much of this work could be carried out before the end of the year.

 

"The overall plan is to get the population down to manageable and sustainable levels."

[Wales1234 5,489]

Love to give that a go !!!

[paulus 26]

just put a house on there and place an advert in bulgarian meat eaters weekly, one family will eat the lot within 12 months and not cost a penny to employ

[Ideation 8,216]

Old news and no one likes folk advertising stuff on an open forum. If you don't already know then you don't deserve to lol.

[Suzy Ross 236]

Old news and no one likes folk advertising stuff on an open forum. If you don't already know then you don't deserve to lol.

Ha, you guys are on the ball if a fortnight ago is old news lol. I'm going to go with jasper, I reckon I could have the job done in 2024, don't know if the dog would last though ha.

[Suzy Ross 236]

just put a house on there and place an advert in bulgarian meat eaters weekly, one family will eat the lot within 12 months and not cost a penny to employ

Lol, I think it's a bad thing when they needed to get guys from New Zealand to deal with the rats. You'd think there would be British pest controllers up to the task.

[birddog 1,354]

16,000 bunnies thats going to be more than a wee jolly or a nights lamping...........cage traps, longnets, ferrets by the score, insured and responsible manpower, rimfires, shotguns, box traps, portacabins, gamedealers willing and able for big numbers and a whole lot of hard work

[paulus 26]

16,000 bunnies thats going to be more than a wee jolly or a nights lamping...........cage traps, longnets, ferrets by the score, insured and responsible manpower, rimfires, shotguns, box traps, portacabins, gamedealers willing and able for big numbers and a whole lot of hard work

or a couple of dozen mink

[birddog 1,354]

or a business opportunity for the nts..............a couple of residential caravans, an ad on here or the cmw.....................how many guys would pay for a couple of nights lamping here ?

 

edited to add

 

fao alex salmond..........this could be a bigger tourist draw than nessie or edinburgh castle

Edited November 4, 2013 by birddog

[Ideation 8,216]

 

Old news and no one likes folk advertising stuff on an open forum. If you don't already know then you don't deserve to lol.

Ha, you guys are on the ball if a fortnight ago is old news lol. I'm going to go with jasper, I reckon I could have the job done in 2024, don't know if the dog would last though ha.

2 weeks? Canna has been famously over run for years, since the rats were killed off. And it's been in the media, on the net and on here plenty over the years.......

 

.... If folk haven't twigged, they don't need an invitation lol.

[Ideation 8,216]

 

just put a house on there and place an advert in bulgarian meat eaters weekly, one family will eat the lot within 12 months and not cost a penny to employ

Lol, I think it's a bad thing when they needed to get guys from New Zealand to deal with the rats. You'd think there would be British pest controllers up to the task.

It wasn't like they stuck down a few bait boxes. There was a big ariel bait dropping and monitoring programme. Edited November 4, 2013 by Ideation

[Born Hunter 17,751]

16'000........... that'll see my dog till about 1am but what am I gonna go at for the rest of the night?

 

FFS let me know when there's a proper night going............. part timers!

 

 

 

[Suzy Ross 236]

 

 

Old news and no one likes folk advertising stuff on an open forum. If you don't already know then you don't deserve to lol.

Ha, you guys are on the ball if a fortnight ago is old news lol. I'm going to go with jasper, I reckon I could have the job done in 2024, don't know if the dog would last though ha.

2 weeks? Canna has been famously over run for years, since the rats were killed off. And it's been in the media, on the net and on here plenty over the years.......

 

.... If folk haven't twigged, they don't need an invitation lol.

Ahh got you now, I thought you meant the news article I posted. It's been on the bbc website, I heard it on radio Scotland recently and it's in the daily mail. I don't think the contract going out to tenure to eradicate thems old news or the landslide.

[Suzy Ross 236]

 

 

just put a house on there and place an advert in bulgarian meat eaters weekly, one family will eat the lot within 12 months and not cost a penny to employ

Lol, I think it's a bad thing when they needed to get guys from New Zealand to deal with the rats. You'd think there would be British pest controllers up to the task.

It wasn't like they stuck down a few bait boxes. There was a big ariel bait dropping and monitoring programme.

So what you saying, Britiish pest controllers couldn't cope with that? God help us.

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

said it before...me and my helper could REALY knock the hell out of them in 6 month a lot cheaper than they will pay............

but its been said before it will be a done deal all ready,done over a round of golf