regarding the distinct decline in bunnies..

flanum

ive noticed the severe lack of bunnies everywhere in the country and have looked into it a bit, here s me letter to nargc...

"is there any chance ye could highlight the new rabbit plague "RHD" seeing as there is now nearly no bunnies left in the country, its a virus ... think about it... remove rabbits from the food chain and then what are foxes/stoats/mink/ buzzards going to be eating.... pheasents and every chicken in the land...

hopefully the bunny will evolve and breed on and eventually gain immunity to the virus, hopefully.

flanum

heres a severe solution (australian solution..)
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/pw/vp/rab/rhd_booklet_may03.pdf

sniperman

flanum wrote: »

ive noticed the severe lack of bunnies everywhere in the country and have looked into it a bit, here s me letter to nargc...

"is there any chance ye could highlight the new rabbit plague "RHD" seeing as there is now nearly no bunnies left in the country, its a virus ... think about it... remove rabbits from the food chain and then what are foxes/stoats/mink/ buzzards going to be eating.... pheasents and every chicken in the land...

hopefully the bunny will evolve and breed on and eventually gain immunity to the virus, hopefully.

hi flanum.i fully agree with you,ive heard about that RHD,a place here where i used to shoot is supposed to have this RHD,there used to be loads of bunnies there,now not one,a mate of mine said he found a few bunnies in another part a few miles away,the rabbits looked perfect,but had blood coming from the noses,i think that's this RHD your on about,lets hope it wont get any worse,or there will a lot of guns for sale:mad:

One shot on kill

I use to be able to shoot rabbits out the back door any time of the day but now noting around for miles. Trust me I've walked.

But in the past 2 weeks I've seen 3 bunnys in two different spots about 500 yards from each other. Ill go for a look some its but would be shooting I want them to come back. They looked healthy all the same.

sniperman

One shot on kill wrote: »

I use to be able to shoot rabbits out the back door any time of the day but now noting around for miles. Trust me I've walked.

But in the past 2 weeks I've seen 3 bunnys in two different spots about 500 yards from each other. Ill go for a look some its but would be shooting I want them to come back. They looked healthy all the same.

hi one shot kill,(loving the nickname:D)would love to live in a house like yours,bunnies are getting scarce alright,those 3 bunnies you saw may look healthy,but if they get that RDH,THEY WILL BE DEAD OVER NIGHT,:mad:

One shot on kill

You can move in just take over everything that goes along with it ha ha.

No I use to never shoot them because its nice to see them around also and I want to keep the population healthy ye know yourself. It didn't make much of a difference doe.

What exactly is rdh I presume from bleeding noses its some sort of respiratory disease.

sniperman

One shot on kill wrote: »

You can move in just take over everything that goes along with it ha ha.

No I use to never shoot them because its nice to see them around also and I want to keep the population healthy ye know yourself. It didn't make much of a difference doe.

What exactly is rdh I presume from blending noses its some sort of respiratory disease.

hi again,ive heard RDH is some sort of virus that spreads from bunnie to bunnie,it attacks the inner organs,kills over night,hope it does not become wide spread,regards:(

cookimonster

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD), also known as rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD) or viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD), is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that affects wild and domestic rabbits of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus. The infectious agent responsible for the disease is rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), or rabbit calicivirus (RCV), genus Lagovirus of the family Caliciviridae. The virus infects only rabbits, and has been used in some countries to control rabbit populations.
Rumored to have been introduced by some golf courses for rabbit control. Kills so fast there is no chance of the rabbits devloping an immunity as was the case with Mixi strains. Spreads like wildfire.

Hunter21

cookimonster wrote: »

Rumored to have been introduced by some golf courses for rabbit control. Kills so fast there is no chance of the rabbits devloping an immunity as was the case with Mixi strains. Spreads like wildfire.

This stuff wrecks my head! Golf courses and farmers could as easily call in people to trap and shoot rabbits instead of wiping out populations of good wild meat :mad:

"Another mans sport springs to mind"

How would they like it if I took a rally car through their golf courses or farms!?

sniperman

Hunter21 wrote: »

This stuff wrecks my head! Golf courses and farmers could as easily call in people to trap and shoot rabbits instead of wiping out populations of good wild meat :mad:

"Another mans sport springs to mind"

How would they like it if I took a rally car through their golf courses or farms!?

hi there,i fully agree with you,some people have no idea about the passion others have for shooting,not to mention the taste for the bunnie,least one can be sure there is no horse DNA in one:rolleyes:

dodderangler

Hunter21 wrote: »

This stuff wrecks my head! Golf courses and farmers could as easily call in people to trap and shoot rabbits instead of wiping out populations of good wild meat :mad:

"Another mans sport springs to mind"

How would they like it if I took a rally car through their golf courses or farms!?

Exactly
I'm sure a few of us on this have asked a golf course for permission and being given excuses to why they won't allow it
I was givin a golf course but was told I can only do it first light and when someone arrives ive to leave and last half hour before dark unless someone stays on till dark and I was only gonna ferret it

Sparks

Hunter21 wrote: »

How would they like it if I took a rally car through their golf courses or farms!?

I seem to recall a light aeroplane making a forced landing on a golf course a good few years back. That's a life-threatening emergency sort of thing, btw, it's not just someone fecking around for fun.

The golf club wound up closing down the airfield the plane flew from in retaliation.

'nuff said...

Shoot2kill

That's it.... I'm away to wreck the local golf course now! ****ers! lol

wexfordman

cookimonster wrote: »

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD), also known as rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD) or viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD), is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that affects wild and domestic rabbits of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus. The infectious agent responsible for the disease is rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), or rabbit calicivirus (RCV), genus Lagovirus of the family Caliciviridae. The virus infects only rabbits, and has been used in some countries to control rabbit populations.
Rumored to have been introduced by some golf courses for rabbit control. Kills so fast there is no chance of the rabbits devloping an immunity as was the case with Mixi strains. Spreads like wildfire.

Surely they would have had to have some form oflicencetobring something like that into the country ?

deano2882

theres no sign of anything on my permissions as of yet there crawlin wit bunnies oly used ever lamp it with soft mourh lurcher but gettin into ferretin now..golf course isn to far away tho first sign of this i get they.ll be a track machine on a rampage or midnite weeding with roundup lik to see dem play golf on burnt grass....

Cavan duck buster

Got this from Wikipedia

HideControl

Countries that are uninfected by RHD may place restrictions on importation from endemic countries. According to the Merck/Merial Manual For Pet Health, Home Edition, 2007, RHD is a reportable disease in the United States. If a diagnosis is made by a veterinarian, a notification to the "appropriate government authorities" must be made.[2]

Full article here.

pat_cork

A while back I got a rabbit with the dog that had blood dripping from it's nose. There was a good number of rabbits here but now I wouldn't see one at any time of the day or night. Has anyone heard of any cases of RHD in Cork?

round tower huntsman

i predict a lot more lambs then usual getting swiped by foxes this spring. hungry cubs will need feeding and rabbits are very scarce.

dodderangler

round tower huntsman wrote: »

i predict a lot more lambs then usual getting swiped by foxes this spring. hungry cubs will need feeding and rabbits are very scarce.

There could be few bad results and maybe 1 good one
the amount of rabbits dying are such easy prey now that they won't need To hit lambs or
Could end up with serious impact on pheasants and not just lambs once the rabbits are gone
Or maybe I'm just way off

steddyeddy

A zoologist in college is doing his phd on this. He suspects it's domesticated rabbits escapin ad passing on viruses not een in the native irish population.