Along with the hordes of pademelons and wallabies in our front paddock every night, recently we've had more intruders of the feral and fluffy-tailed variety - rabbits. We see them bolting across the driveway as we turn in at night and they leave tell-tale little piles of evidence on patches of bare ground. They are also venturing into the yard, so we decided to try to reduce the population of non-native animal visitors.
He was a day late, but this little guy was in the trap when we got up this Easter Monday morning. I feel half-inspired by
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on
River Cottage last week to try cooking them (don't mind a bit of rabbit stew) but in the end we did not eat this one. Maybe the next unfortunate bunny who walks into the trap will make it to the pot.
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Cute bunny! I'd eat it.....if I knew how to humanely kill and process it. They are so destructive up here in QLD......but soooooooo much uglier.......like a hare more than a cute fluff ball.
ReplyDeleteThere certainly seem to be a lot of rabbits around this year in our area. I hate the thought of killing them - but I do enjoy a good rabbit stew!
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