Non lethal rabbit snaring

[Lennard 10]

Dear all,

 

Is it possible to snare rabbits alive so one can collect and move them? Could it be done with a "stopper" on the snare or is is so stressful that a rabbit will strangle itself anyway?

 

Thanks

Lennard

[stubby 175]

you would use live catch traps, but where are you moving them onto?

[The one 8,481]

You just ferret them then pit them in a hessain bag instead of killing them so i heard

[Matt 160]

Even if you could snare them without causing physical injury, the stress caused may finish them off.

 

Why do you need to 'relocate' bunnies anyway?

 

As has been suggested, if live capture is essential, then cage traps, box traps or nets would be the way ahead...

[Lennard 10]

It also seemed to me that snaring is too stressful...yep ferreting would be the best...and I already asked on a dutch ferret forum if people want to come with their ferret and help me out. But no positive respons from there...I would love to own a ferret and that would solve the problem but I am travelling a lot and I need to have big cages everywhere to put the ferret in.

 

I know of a few areas where rabbits dissapeared (mixy, VHS or just chance) and some where rabbits are really plentiful...I'd like to see rabbits introduced for the effect they have on the vegetation

 

L

[Rolfe 2]

Live cage trapping is the answer........not snaring or ferreting......that way you can be reasonably sure you are getting undamaged rabbits........But as someone else asked.........Why do you need to re-locate them?......surely you are creating a problem elsewhere...... even if you were successful in introducing them to another area.

[stubby 175]

I know of a few areas where rabbits dissapeared (mixy, VHS or just chance) and some where rabbits are really plentiful...I'd like to see rabbits introduced for the effect they have on the vegetation

 

L

 

so in other words, you want to save on cutting the grass

 

seriously, rabbits may have dissapeared from these other area's, not because of mixy, but other reasons, maybe the habitat cannot sustain a colony of rabbits, or natural predators keep them away, theres not many places that have not had a rabbit population hit by mixi, but when that happens, rarely do rabbits vacate the area for good, these areas you wish to re populate, have they got old warrens on them, if not, then maybe theres your answer, if they have, then rabbits would re- instate themselves there, unless one of the above factors comes into play

[Malt 379]

I'm not sure about the laws in your county mate, but it would be illegal to release vermin captured in another area here...

[hollands hope 1,024]

lennard first of all its illegal to snare rabbits in our country, second its illegal to relocate them ,if you wish to catch them ferreting is the only option you have, i presume you dont have hunting rights or diploma(40 hectare rule)not neccesarialy needed for ferreting, dogs out off the question see if you can get written permission from the landowner to catch them with ferrets and pursenets

Edited September 18, 2008 by hollands hope

[Matt 160]

I'm not sure about the laws in your county mate, but it would be illegal to release vermin captured in another area here...

 

Can you tell me which law this is that you are referring to?

 

This topic came up recently - and I'm sure there is no law preventing the release of rabbits in the UK.

[Lennard 10]

HH, sometimes I have trouble choosing between right and wrong....it keeps me awake at night...

 

"Problem" with the rabbits is that the population bounced back to normal levels in some area's but due to new roads and houses and fences they cannot reach some places where they were or suitable places where I like to see them.

 

L

[snareman 3]

HH, sometimes I have trouble choosing between right and wrong....it keeps me awake at night...

 

"Problem" with the rabbits is that the population bounced back to normal levels in some area's but due to new roads and houses and fences they cannot reach some places where they were or suitable places where I like to see them.

 

L

look at the post on the breakaway rabbit snaring i put up , and see how to spin an eyelet into the snare wire as a stop , this will keep your rabbits alive .

[hollands hope 1,024]

HH, sometimes I have trouble choosing between right and wrong....it keeps me awake at night...

 

"Problem" with the rabbits is that the population bounced back to normal levels in some area's but due to new roads and houses and fences they cannot reach some places where they were or suitable places where I like to see them.

 

L

I no what you mean there are nights that i don,t get sleep at all by the way Myximatose has hit us hard in our area at the moment lennard last year prime rabbit ground was effected by VHD,last fifteen years the rabbit population dwindeld down steadily and never reached its full potential again Edited September 23, 2008 by hollands hope

[Lennard 10]

Sorry to hear that HH. Where are you more or less? In the East?

 

Here, close to the coast, the rabbits came back to full force in the last 5 years. During the 90ties you only saw a few in the dunes but nowadays I stop counting after 50 in 30 minutes at night. Also places like Neeltje Jans and parts of the Maasvlakte are crawling with rabbits.

 

The dunes also look the way they used to look when I was young, very little grass and more dune-roses and reendeer moss, they have a big impact on the vegetation.

 

Also in some spots in Brabant (Uden, Roosendaal) have a good population I have seen.

 

The population near Maarn is really low, there used to be a lot of rabbits but now you don't see much and everything is overgrown with grass. It would be nice if some rabbits moved there again...

 

L

[victor 10]

dont want to fight , but harden the f@#k up lol, always wanted to say it.