Swedes divided over bunny biofuel

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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	Brian(i)	Report	17 Oct 2009 22:52
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	Residents in Stockholm are divided over reports that rabbits are being used to make biofuel. The bodies of thousands of rabbits are fuelling a heating plant in central Sweden, local newspapers say. The city of Stockholm has an annual cull of thousands of rabbits to protect the capital's parks and green spaces. The rabbits, not native to Sweden, are mainly the offspring of pets released by owners, and are said to be destroying parks in the capital. Since they have no natural predators, the city administration of Stockholm employs hunters to kill the rabbits. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8309156.stm Your comments? Brian(i)
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 3,907 Send Message	Jean (Monmouth)	Report	18 Oct 2009 19:58
	Dont like the sound of this, but if they have to destroy them, something has to be done with the carcases, and they might as well be useful, as long as that is all it is and they are not being bred for this.