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Wildlife in Dublin

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  • 15-12-2006 3:02pm
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    OC87
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Anyone know of wildlife in the Dublin area that would attack rabbits, aside from foxes. Something around the same size of a rat mannaged to kill my rabbit and from what I've heard rats don't do this (could be wrong).


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    colmranger
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    Cats kill rabbits, think there are 3 cats in Dublin for every human in the city.


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    tallus
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    My cat is a prolific wild rabbit killer. So that may be your answer, colmranger is correct.
    Rabbit food sold in pet shops seems to attract rats. I know of a few occasions where it has happened.


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    Sigma Force
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    Cats, dogs..if they can get in to your garden, mink etc.
    Rabbits housing needs to be secure from predators and the only way is really to have them in a house esp. in winter with the darker days.


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    Our man in Havana
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    Stoats, ferrets, mink, cat, rats, dogs, - rats can & will kill a rabbit especially if there is more than one of them.


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    doctor evil
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    Loose ferret perhaps? or mink if your near water. It would depend on what part of Dublin you are in.


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    bionic_rooster
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    OC87 wrote:
    Anyone know of wildlife in the Dublin area that would attack rabbits, aside from foxes. Something around the same size of a rat mannaged to kill my rabbit and from what I've heard rats don't do this (could be wrong).

    Hi oc87,
    first of all i have never heard of rats killing rabbits it that was the case we would have no wild rabbits, if its not a cat it most likely a loose ferret in your area, it could be a mink or a stoat or a wesel, where they killed in the hutch or outside in the garden, if in the garden it could have been a buzzard as i have seen a lot of them around the blanchardstown area.

    Edit: Bionic rooster, please read the charter. There is to be no talk of how to kill, maim and / or trap any animal, on this forum.

    B


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