"The current population is so large that it threatens to permanently damage the island's sensitive vegetation, and poses a serious threat to other fauna species,"
Sad but necessary I'm afraid.
If they destroy the vegetation they'll eventually starve to death, which is worse than the alternative in my opinion.
Why can't they move them off the island?
Because they're only rabbits, they haven't got the right to live? No doubt its us (humans) why they are on there in the first place.They are only Rabbits
Because they're only rabbits, they haven't got the right to live? No doubt its us (humans) why they are on there in the first place.
Yeah I kinda guessed thatI was being ironic, I hoped people on here might know that
according to what I learned in maths population of any animal on an island will reach a plateau when available food sources run out. This is nature I'm afraid.
Is there unlimited food and no predators on the island where they propose a cull then? Surely the rabbit population would stabilise at some point when the number of rabbits exceeds the amount of food available for them? I do not see the need for a cull- let nature take its course.-sue
i guess they are saying that the stable population is too large for the island. I think the maths model works in theory, but when its a dynamic situation, with natural and manmade fluctuations in food, ambient temperature, predators, etc then the self-regulating theory doesnt work.
How do you gas a mass population? Do they have to somehow block them all inside their warrens? - i dont really want to know the answer, just curious as to how that would work.....
They will be gassed
Hope everyones 'fine with that'