Rabbits

The rabbit population has been rising steadily over the past 10 years and has been estimated at 40 million, the reason for this is that a single doe can produce a littler of about four to eight kittens roughly four times a season and the offspring can start producing at the age of about eight to ten months. The season normally lasts from March until about October, maybe longer if we get warmer winters.

Rabbits can cause damage to farmers crops and the warrens and bolt holes they create can inflict broken legs to horse and cattle and other livestock. The can destroy garden lawns, vegetable patches or allotments. They also feed on tree bark so young trees can easily be killed and they can damage older trees by ring-barking the trunks.

We have many different ways of dealing with rabbits from lamping with shotgun or silenced rifles at night, to longnetting or snaring and ferreting during the day. Everything we capture is killed as humanely as possible.