. The story of hedgerow and pond . et, with all their enemies, rabbitsincrease, until they have to be reducedin numbers by shooting, trapping, andnetting. For they have a large numberof young several times a year, and thisenables them to more than keep pacewith the destruction which goes on in Hedgerow Life their ranks. If allowed to increase toofar, they can do an immense amount ofdamage to crops. This has happened inAustralia, into which country they havebeen introduced ; and as there were notsufficient natural enemies to keep themin check, they have become a mostserious nuisance. Rabbits ar
. The story of hedgerow and pond . et, with all their enemies, rabbitsincrease, until they have to be reducedin numbers by shooting, trapping, andnetting. For they have a large numberof young several times a year, and thisenables them to more than keep pacewith the destruction which goes on in Hedgerow Life their ranks. If allowed to increase toofar, they can do an immense amount ofdamage to crops. This has happened inAustralia, into which country they havebeen introduced ; and as there were notsufficient natural enemies to keep themin check, they have become a mostserious nuisance. Rabbits are clever enough to providethemselves with a back door to theirburrows, so that they can escape by thatway when danger knocks at the frontentrance. And in this respect animalsshow themselves to be more intelligentthan birds (I should say, perhaps,mammals, not animals, because youshould plainly understand that a bird isan animal quite as much as a dog or anyother creature); for you will not find aback door to any birds
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