Sapling Fruit Tree, which, despite plastic guard, a Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculous), has been able to ring-bark.

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Plastic Tree Guard. Apple Fruit Tree (Malus sp. ) showing gnawed damage to bark on trunk above and below top of guard. After a snow fall Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), able to reach top of guard and pull down extended coil of plastic and ring bark tree. January.

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Size: 3328px × 4992px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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