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>>Regarding rabbits, please note the following facts. >>1. Humans cause more damage to the environment (and >>continue to do so) than any other species. >>2. Rabbits have been deliberately imported and let >>loose in some countries like Australia by humans(they >>didn't ask to be bought there). >>3. Pet rabbits are not a danger to the environment >>(this has been proven by Australian State Governments >>relaxing the laws regarding the number of pet rabbits >>people can have in every State except Queensland). >>4. In Australia, humans have caused the extinction of >>many animal species and continue to do so through land >>clearance for homes, farms and clearing land for >>destructive >>livestock with hard hooves which damage the Australian >>environment. >>5. When wild rabbits were introduced into Australia, >>humans >>had already caused the extermination of many species. >>The >>wild rabbits filled a niche in the food chain and have >>become a prime food source of wedge-tailed eagles and >>other >>birds of prey. When Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease escaped >>into >>the Australian environment and rabbit numbers dropped >>in >>the Strezlecki ranges, Wedge-tailed eagles ceased to >>breed. >>6. Myxomatostis and predatory animals keep rabbit >>numbers >>down in most parts of Australia. In some parts of >>Australia, >>wild rabbits are not a problem at all and are never >>even >>mentioned in the press. >>7. Rabbits, dogs, cats and other animal pet and farm >>species are mistreated, abandoned and euthanased >yearly >>in their thousands (world wide, in their millions) by >>stupid human beings. STOP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. >> >>So before you blame rabbits or any other species for >>all >>our sins, get your facts straight. Better still, >become >>a vegetarian and stop the continued destruction of >>Australian bush by introduced hard hooved meat animals >>on Australia's fragile landscape and topsoil. >> >>Marguerite > >Hi Marguerite - I totally agree with you here, well >said!

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