Not Much About

[lurcherman 887 13,234]

 

no it was introduced by paul armand delille to rid his private estate of rabbits in france 1952 was 1st observed in bough beech kent in 1953 and was 1st noticed in lab rabbits in Uruguay in the late 1800's.

 

it was introduced by the government to control rabbit populations here in the uk and also in Australia and new Zealand

Was first released on a sussex estate , before the government had given it the ok ,

 

That ferret you gifted me is doing great ??

[Jamie m 668]

 

 

no it was introduced by paul armand delille to rid his private estate of rabbits in france 1952 was 1st observed in bough beech kent in 1953 and was 1st noticed in lab rabbits in Uruguay in the late 1800's.

 

it was introduced by the government to control rabbit populations here in the uk and also in Australia and new Zealand

Was first released on a sussex estate , before the government had given it the ok ,

That ferret you gifted me is doing great ??

 

Think I gave you the wrong one with the younger one ?????????

[low plains drifter 10,655]

Went out riding today at work as usual and followed the grass margins along, ground was wet and it was raining I heard a big squelch and carried on the margins are hardly ever rode on the same spot twice I thought it was odd that the ground squelched like it did.

When I looked over my shoulder I was shocked to see a hare flipping about and screaming, clearly stood on the poor thing and it was in a fair bit of pain.

Jumped off but by the time I got back to it it had kicked it self to the other side of the hedge and I couldn't reach it, horse is hunting fit and pissed off that we had to stop so by the time I got around to the gap in the hedge and to the spot the hare was ready to put it out of its misery it was already dead.

The hare looked in great nick, nice coat on it bright eyes maybe slightly smaller than a adult but was not young enough to not know to move out of the way when a horse comes trotting along so of course I took it home for the ferrets Hare is too good for the ferrets, make a big old casserole or three with it lol, don't know how common they are, but I've heard of hares suffering from coccidiosis, and brown hare syndrome, as far as rabbits go my part of the north east was well stocked a few months ago, but a heavy dose of myxy has took it's toll here aswell, it's a miserable sight to see, along with what's left of the greenbelt being flogged off to build characterless new housing estates

I don't fancy eating it and after gutting it I defiantly won't want to eat it, heard they are smellier than rabbits.

They have a strong scent, think it's because of the large volume of blood they have, if you put the carcass in a container of water with some salt added this removes the gamey scent, and lightens the colour of the meat, cooked slowly with veg, they are very nice

[Micheala Robinson 400]

I'm sure it tastes nice but I'm afraid I still don't fancy eating it.

I'll let the ferrets enjoy it instead.

[northern lad 2,292]

Number sare well down on all our perms in Cheshire,out today and got four,this place is allways good for at least a dozen.....Moles and rats are thriving though lol

[desertdog 149]

Just been reading about the,it all started in China,with some imported rabbits from Germany,and killed 90per cent of the rabbit population very quick,it's a queer thing for us rabbiters,