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Which predator is the hardest on the rabbit population?

Poll ended at Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:11 pm

cats
20
16%
cats
20
16%
cats
20
16%
coyottes
5
4%
coyottes
5
4%
coyottes
5
4%
foxes
2
2%
foxes
2
2%
foxes
2
2%
owls
11
9%
owls
11
9%
owls
11
9%
hawks
4
3%
hawks
4
3%
hawks
4
3%
 
Total votes: 126
bluehound1
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Post by bluehound1 »

I don't get it. What is wrong with fescue. How could it hurt the rabbit population. :???:
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bunnycide
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Post by bunnycide »

Fescue has a fungus that grows on it and its my understanding that it raises the tempature of the rabbit just a little. It causes the females to have fewer young and less vigouous young. By the way, it does the same thing in cattle. There are now varieties of fescue I think that are resistant to the fungus. It might be a coicidence but the rabbit population here in NC started to drop fourty of fifty years ago when the highway department started planting fescue along side of the road and bridges to control erosion..
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windy hollow
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Post by windy hollow »

boydog wrote:We're covered up with coyotes and I know they get their share, but those flying rabbit traps are every where with almost one for every telephone pole. They catch rabbits in my yard and they are very heavily protected. No shortage around here.
HH
I didnt see where you are from but here in pennsylvania we got the same problem more than the others, cats dont last long there's an out break of (lead) poisoning around here. :roll:
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