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Bonfires and smoke

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OliveTree

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I'm doing a few posts today - I hope that's ok as a new member with lots of questions!

We've been thinking about the best place to locate rabbit home and run, and we thought we'd found the perfect spot when I remembered that a neighbour at the back (not someone we know, unfortunately), likes to have bonfires at the end of their garden, which unfortunately is right by us. This is maybe once a month or so - it seems to have been less this year than last, but of course they may have been having them when we've been out. How much of an issue is this for a rabbit? I wondered about putting in some more plants to make kind of natural barrier, but would that make any difference? There is a hedge in between currently, but it's a bit patchy.
 
I wouldn't want rabbits next to a bonfire. Even a brief fire will smoke for hours after.
Frequent bonfires as classed as a nuisance and can be reported to your local council. They are really bad for anyone with breathing / lung issues.
 
Thanks Shimmer. They really are a nuisance! I don't know how frequent they would need to be before I could report them. I'm mildly asthmatic and it always makes me cough, plus I like to hang washing outside when I can. But I can go out (and do, if I can), and washing can be rewashed.
 
OliveTree said:
Thanks Shimmer. They really are a nuisance! I don't know how frequent they would need to be before I could report them. I'm mildly asthmatic and it always makes me cough, plus I like to hang washing outside when I can. But I can go out (and do, if I can), and washing can be rewashed.
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dear olive tree,-can you locate the bun in the house,probably the only way to avoid smoke,it is an inhalation hazard.,,and if it gets in your living space there is recourse..i don,t know is your in the city limits,but the fire dept. would care.--sincerely james waller from the other kent-usa
 
House rabbits are impossible, sadly, for reasons I won't go into in a public forum. We're going to look at the possible locations again though to put as much space between rabbits and neighbours as possible.
 
Some local authorities ban garden bonfires,they shouldn't be necessary in these days of garden waste recycling etc.Years ago we had eejits (drugies) a few blocks down who thought the best way to dispose of a kid's plastic paddling pool was to set it on fire.Toxic bloody smoke and the fire brigade were called.Thankfully they were eventually evicted.
 
Ruth. Glad the authorities dealt with it, katty. As you say, there's no need for it now that councils will take garden waste (ours has a charge, but it's not too expensive).
 
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