Amid the drought in Catalonia, Spanish farmers are struggling to protect their crops from thousands of rabbits starving for fresh grass. writes about it Guard.
Animals destroy crops, especially young wheat and barley, due to a lack of grass and water, and also eat the bark of vines and fruit trees.
“Many factors contributed to the growth of the rabbit population: there was an epidemic where no one could hunt for two years; are immune to myxomatosis [острое вирусное заболевание млекопитающих отряда зайцеобразных]; “A female can produce seven or eight rabbits every two months,” says Alex Foix, a farmer who grows vineyards in Catalonia.
The Catalan government said more than 250,000 rabbits must be destroyed by September to reduce the population. To reduce numbers, the government has allowed the use of aluminum phosphate, which releases poisonous phosphine gas when it enters burrows.
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