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Rabbit trap (live)

a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
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hi does anyone have an effective model of live rabbit trap? WHat do you bait it with? Is it legal to release them?

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  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    I have one rabbit, he didnt bring his family. I will return him from whence he came! 

  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    They traps all look the same online and im not convinced they work. I did think i read a post that someone was successfully trapping rabbits live, but of course i cant find it now. 

  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    Bought one at £30. Im followong the instructions, but no rabbit, and its not taking the bait near the trap, but it is eating my cabbages and purple sprouting broccoli.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    how do you know " from whence he came"?

    Devon.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    Outside my gate. They live under the neighbours woodpile, and under the other neighbours garage etc its rabbit wonderland here. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    we've got a rabbit warren on our land, and also a fox's den. They seem to have reached  a balance. The fox/ foxes keep the rabbit numbers under control.

    I'm not sure your bunny wouldn't come back from the woodpile once you've released it.

    Devon.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    No foxes really near here, its shooting land. How do you mean come back from the woodpile?

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Once they find the restaurant - they'll just keep coming back. Some years they will be worse than others. There's a very good way of dealing with them, but you may not want to go down that route....image

    Otherwise - you'll just have to create physical barriers round anything susceptible....

    ...and that's probably everything image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    Im completely rabbit fenced. He is stuck on the inside. 

  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236

    From what I have read, if you catch it, you then have to kill it!!! as it is illegal in the UK to release a wild rabbit once it has been caught.

    The below article has some info regarding wild rabbits and the law.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27903858

    Then again...how could you kill such a sweet little thing

    image

    But...if he was having my Sprouts and Broccoli, then he would probably end up in a stew image

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