feed the homeless ... fill the foodbank .. same with the Bambi population ..mountain marmots , gophers,.... free food for/from Canada ...export to poor, hungry ppl all over the world .. crises averted . they won't care where the meal came from ... leave the farting methane cows alone.!!
They did NOT stomp them to death. They have trapped almost 900 of them, and sent off to sanctuaries between Victoria and Washington and some even as far as Texas.
A huge effort was made to trap and rehome these rabbits so no culling was necessary. Any bunnies dumped in the future may be trapped and humanely killed, but the rest are safe.
They killed most of them. They hired some people to come in and they clubbed them to death and stompted on them. Despite please from the students and people trying to rescue and/or save them. They only stopped when it was tapped and they were facing animal cruetly charges. But no repramade was make toward UofVic. They got away scott free. So all these pictures you are seeing of these bunnies are no more they were physically clubbed and stompted to death.
Whoever harms a UVic bunny should be hit on the head with a hammer repeatedly. And if I see someone harming any bunny at all, I would skin them alive, take out their guts, feed the guts to them, throw them into a fire, and then put them in a cage with hungry tigers.
i don't understand how these guys survive British Columbian winters.. feral/domesticated strains of rabbits have lost their ability to dig properly and hoard food among other behaviours that are needed to survive in the wild.
@zafgoesbaroque I've seen them, they are still digging from what I've found out. And like the other said, winters aren't that bad here, especially where UVic is.
@zafgoesbaroque not neccesarily. They still retain the instincts to dig and forage. + the video also mentoined that other rabbit breeds maybe introduced to its gene pool increasing its genetic fitness.
This is a university, so there are students. Some are most likely to be like me - a poor student. I remember trying to catch seagulls with a cardboard box as a trap and bread as bait in order to get some free grub. Why don't they just let the students go wild and make rabbit stew? Good eatin', less rabbits, the poorer kids fed: Problem solved.
@zafgoesbaroque Just as well our trap didn't work. Pulled the string away, and the box managed to stay at a diagnol slant... Couldn't replicate that happening even if we tried o_o
Oh.... I have another possible. 20 years from now....hill overlooking the hallowed halls of UVIC..deck chair - sipping me lucky beer, shotgun by my side, bunny burrows pegging the landscape, and students hobbling on crutches. A building
suddenly falls into the ground. 420 bunnies killed (I bet 50 of them were going at it at that very moment) Hey u lot might just get underground parking!
UVIC has only studied this for a short time. These rabbits have been pets or the offspring of pets released on campus by many people. They genetically cannot interbreed with the wild population. It is irresponsible for petstores and breeders to sell as pets unneutered/ spayed rabbits which is the problem. Dumping them causes many to die or be killed. If they were raised for meat they would not have been dumped . UVIC a chance to EDUCATE people in proper care/ rescue of fera ldometic rabbits.
I would personally catch them to eat, the black and whites look like meat rabbits released. Rabbits like this should be used to feed the hungry, rabbits aren't rodents and carry litttle desease, thier poop ios great for the garden and it doesn't need to be composted first.
easy....each student takes to rabbits put them in the headmasters office, taking a note on the door "your turn , spay/neuter them! ". personally i would just take some home :-D
If the population carries on increasing just what for an inevitable Myxomatosis outbreak, that'll soon bring the numbers down sharpish. And when you see a myxi rabbit you'll soon change your mind about how cute they are.
I live right by Uvic, and what many people don't understand is how MANY there are. Spay and neuter thousands of bunnies? Yeah, like that's ever gonna happen. These bunnies are moving to areas around Uvic, and cuasing problems there. Uvic isn't trying to kill the bunnies all off, they are trying to keep them healthy, and at a decent population. A few culls do occur, and they also spay and neuter some and send them off to be adopted. Without this the area is covered with DEAD bunnies.
this... is paradise for me. I love rabbits. but stop killing them. originally they were domestic and were dumped wrongfully in the nature and it's messing up the ecology structure... poor rabbits not knowing whats going on...
@MoQuake Feral means wild. Which means they weren't domestic originally. Like the video says some of them are abandoned pets, but most are wild. They will keep breeding. I don't agree with killing but they need to be at least relocated. It can be a problem driving when there are bunnies all over the road and hopping in front of your car. There are many accidents. Or when the rabbits crawl under the hoods of cars and get killed by the fan when they are turned on.
pest? i think they're adorable... plus delicious... since you guys got so much Bunnie why don't you sacrifice some for your feast... tryst me... bunny taste better than chicken.
@HoBeRMakry I don't think you understand all the factors to the universities decision.
Just because something is adorable doesn't mean it isn't a pest. If there were a rat problem, you'd be fine with it. But guess what? These animals are adorable, but not hygenic. Uvic isn't trying to kill them all off, rather just keep the population at a healthy size.
Wait a sec! Look at all the two legged "pests". Humans are an invasive species too, you know. But we don't do a mass cull on human "pests".
I'm no vegan or crazed animal rights nut BUT I can't see the logic of one animal being a "pest" when there's a massive overpopulation of humans destroying the world too.
Well if the University has it way there will no more baby bunnies. They have started killing them with shovels, boots, fists and brute force. COME OUT AND SAVE THEM TODAY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
Doesn't the school have a cafeteria? They should just tolerate the rabbits, then catch a few for meat now and again. Also make rabbit fur coats.
That's how a lot of people survived the Great Depression. My late grandfather would have likely loved all these huge, slow rabbits, versus the tiny jack rabbits that took a real woodsman to shoot and were paranoid to traps.
They should kill them humanely. There is no other way to deal with the problem. They don't live particularly well on campus. Unless people want to adopt them and give them a home these domesticated animals should not live in the wild (or semi-wild).
That's just how it should be. I go to school here. I've seen hurt bunnies, bunnies run over by bikes, cars, etc... It's just not working the way it is for anybody.
i say try to domesticate them and then give them away to people who want them...or better JUST LEAVE THEM BE there peaceful there so just leave them alone...and who ever is going to say that they are creating problems for people they can go to hell because we are the ones who stole the animals land
Yes, true, there is phenotypic selection moving the color of the bunnies to black= harder to see at nite. BUT the sad truth is that these bunnies are being born, then being ripped apart by birds, or run over by cars. The solutions? To cull the rabbits, and/or implement a spade/neutering program, which will be very costly to the university. The ultimate solution? All bunnies to be spade/neutered before sale in pet stores across BC.
I attend this university. The issue with the rabbits on campus is that they burrow for shelter. This is usually done adjacent to or under Campus structures/infrastructure = massive amounts of money spent each year. Also, surrounding the university is distinct and fragile ecosystems, and gardens which these fellows destroy. Theyve tried fences and other various techniques, but rabbits are good at bypassing these efforts. These animals are not native, but from Europe, not BC.
@tykyca Not getting much of an education at UVIC if you don't know the difference between a type of shovel (spade) and altering female mammals (spay). You were pontificating hugely on this video last month. Clearly you aren't from here. UVIC's grounds are NOT a fragile eco system - they are an urban garden around high-traffic buildings. These rabbits are discarded pets (from Europe? really?) that the university has ignored and EXPLOITED for 30 years, using them to add to the charm of the campus.
@askalice50 Why are you being so rude, when all I did was express an opinion? I live in View Royal, and am completing my BSc Geomatics/biology. It is people like you that poison Youtube. Yes the strain of household ferral rabbits originates from Europe. South Woods are a fragile Ecosystem, as is the Garry Oak areas near Finnerty, which the Campus has fenced off in order to mitigate the impact from Rabbits ( and admitedly deer). Reply if you wish, but do it respectfully.
Thanks for that info. I just learned about the rabbits at UVIC. I'm not unfamiliar with the fact that rabbits are destructive. They can destroy trees, dig holes, and well, breed like bunnies! If UVIC has been exploiting their "cuteness" as an attraction, in my eyes that changes everything! The rabbits can be sterilized and/or contained to control their numbers or potential destruction.
@tykyca You make all valid points. Of course, since the university exploits the rabbits as a marketing tool to attract people there, it's REALLY (for good publicity on their part) in their best interest to try to ensure using humane methods to control the rabbit population. They could put a group of students/researchers to work on it if they have an animal science department? It's a university, of all things! Brainstorm, get creative.
thanks for the comment! It is true that the University has used them as a marketing tool, undoubtedly. Right or wrong, I think we can all agree that this is highly contradictory to the cull. As for mitigating the issue, they just completed a pilot project in sterilizing then putting up for adoption in pet stores, instead of culling. The issues that came to the forefront were that even with the aid of a volunteer the cost was $ 500 per rabbit.
Now someone with ethical extension sees that this is worth it. However, with literally thousands of rabbits, this would equate to a pricetag in the millions. Affordable, perhaps. But the issue, as at least I see it is larger. As long as there are rabbits on campus, owners needing to get rid of their rabbits will covertly drop them off, just prolonging the problem. I would like to see all rabbits sold in BC have to be sterilized, UNLESS
The person was able to prove a need for fertile rabbits (breeders, etc).
A tenant of biogeography shows us that introduced species cannot be erradicated once they are present. The exception is small islands. Effectively, the Uvic Campus is an isolated small island geographically. But as for humane options, I'm all for definately. Sadly, I haven't found any that satisfy all stakeholders.
I say eat them. Comin' from farm family of the Indiana, rabbits make good stew. Especially with things they love, carrot, cabbage, potato, onion, etc. They should have big feast on the Canadian Thanksgiving day. Solves problem no and is good for enviroment.
Okay, seriously, something needs to be done about the ever growing rabbit population at UVic. For the last 5 nights in a row, I be driving around ring road to get to the parking lot by the residence and go back to the dorm after work, I've ran over 5 rabbits on 5 separate days. I dont know whats with the rabbits hanging out on the edge of the grass by ring road, but obviously when they are spooked, their animal instinct is run, they try to run across ring road, and then CRUNCH. Im driving at 40k
If their not bothering anybody really then I don't understand why can't you just leave them alone.Just neuter and spay them and the population won't get bigger.
@2koolnejigirl They are bothering people dingbat. Rabbits create burrows that can create sink holes for people to fall in and injure themselves, they can affect the foundations of buildings when the burrows are nearby and possibly cause a collapse of a building. Second these arent wild rabbits, they are here because some retarded idiots thought it would be cool to have rabbits as pets...they abandoned them eventually into the University area park, and guess what they spread like rabbits.
@2koolnejigirl The problemis these rabbits bred like crazy, and destroyed everything in the area. No thanks to their owners turning them loose. They had to deal with them some how.
That's 1 reason God made Eagles,Hawks,Owls,Boa Constricters,Mountain Lions,Bobcats,Pumas Coyates,Wolves.Feral Cats,Shot Guns,,sorry scratch that 1. mmmmmmm. O sorry it's on a Campus. Forget all those. I know a Pet Shop on E-Bay.
You think god says what should and shouldn't happen on this earth? Rabbits get fucking eaten all the time. Have you ever watched Animal Planet. Death is part of the circle of life.
i didnt say anything about God and any way yeah because the predators of the rabbits are all ready there in the wild with the rabbits......but you can't just intentionally put predators with them like that...
I´m against bullfights, animals are for eating, work or pets when they're not in the wild. And my country is Mozambique, not Portugal, there we eat nerds such as yourself.
As cruel as it may seem, I think that professional hunters should be brought in to decrease the population as humanely as possible before disease and starvation wipe them out. The meat should then be donated to local charities. A city nearby me has this same problem, only with deer, and this is the method that they are using.
they do, but they don't own the means to take out said rabbit, and even if they did, they probably don't have the skills to skin it, clean it, and probably dont use many seasonings, from my experiences in being in the north.
The LAC campus of Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California, has a similar problem. I love an excuse to go there and count the bunnies on the Quad.
People who dump pets MAKE ME SICK! They cause untold suffering.
We had a little black bunny dumped off near our house. We took him in to save him from coyotes, dogs, hawks, cars, etc. ... That was four years ago and he's still living in a big pen in our family room.
C'mon, UVic ... no Trekkies up there? Any Trekkie in the world would tell ya what to do with those cute but prolific little critters!
Plug "Star Trek TOS - The Trouble With Tribbles" into YouTube user LeSPOCK for the teaser. Your homework will require watching the entire episode for the answer!
(Thanks, Revkin. Any vid that gives me the warm fuzzies is worth its weight in stars *****)
NOOO! don't shoot or eat them! adopt them! if you can catch the bunny, you can keep it =D i want a bunny!!!! used to have one, but he was a troublemaker and we returned him to the mother's owner....
We have a bunny campus here at Long Beach City College, CA. I like it, calms the spirit. They have a task force studying it!! Wonder what that costs.
lbcc has so many! they try to adopt some out, but i believe they have to euthanize many in the spring when there are too many, so i tell people to take them home if they can
Well, all you have to do is sterilize them. Since you can never get them all, the population will be limited, as there will be a few families that keep on breeding.
Allow Dogs on campus = )... Or people take bunnies home every month or so for a day. And they gotta catch it if they want it lol. But its not that hard to figure out how to get rid of rabbits people!!
i used to have one that was similar to the black and white rabbits
kitten4567 1 week ago
woow cute rabbits
lovelplants 1 month ago
c00l
nelrish24 2 months ago
FAR BETTER THAN RATS
arttistpear 4 months ago
id love to have that type of problem in america
EmperorKrow 4 months ago
Food for the homeless.
HitOrMissEtc 4 months ago
I call 12 gauge shotgun the would put an end to them.
wiccanmoonman 5 months ago
@wiccanmoonman 1000fps Air rifle.
Freepepsi42 1 week ago
feed the homeless ... fill the foodbank .. same with the Bambi population ..mountain marmots , gophers,.... free food for/from Canada ...export to poor, hungry ppl all over the world .. crises averted . they won't care where the meal came from ... leave the farting methane cows alone.!!
rknrne 6 months ago
As much as I don't like school. I would enroll there.
five8italian 7 months ago
i heard they taste like chicken
arjont 8 months ago
They all look ready for the pot! With potatoes.
smimot 8 months ago
omg i just got accepted to uvic! cant wait too see all the rabbits!! =D
Yci 8 months ago
They did NOT stomp them to death. They have trapped almost 900 of them, and sent off to sanctuaries between Victoria and Washington and some even as far as Texas.
A huge effort was made to trap and rehome these rabbits so no culling was necessary. Any bunnies dumped in the future may be trapped and humanely killed, but the rest are safe.
sw33tgrass1 8 months ago
Fur trade.
VictoriaXChu 8 months ago
They killed most of them. They hired some people to come in and they clubbed them to death and stompted on them. Despite please from the students and people trying to rescue and/or save them. They only stopped when it was tapped and they were facing animal cruetly charges. But no repramade was make toward UofVic. They got away scott free. So all these pictures you are seeing of these bunnies are no more they were physically clubbed and stompted to death.
theart1rm 9 months ago
First, the caption, "What can be done about a pest that's cute?" and then cut to a little girl feeding a bunny. Like.
BTW, I have a pet rabbit (by accident - long story) and I know they can be extremely destructive little buggers.
cfrandom 9 months ago
i love purple pies. im not rando... hey look a penny!!!!!!!
themaurynata 11 months ago
They're so cute ^_^ I hope there's a humane way to deal with them. I wish I could find a home for each of them.
PozestStar 11 months ago
Get cats.
ScoKimber 11 months ago
how about i let my pitbull run around there for an hour then problems solved ;)
28Weapons 1 year ago
Whoever harms a UVic bunny should be hit on the head with a hammer repeatedly. And if I see someone harming any bunny at all, I would skin them alive, take out their guts, feed the guts to them, throw them into a fire, and then put them in a cage with hungry tigers.
mistyishappy 1 year ago
my cocker spaniel is a war machine and would do a great job destroying those critters.
109jamil 1 year ago
They make excellent stews and with so many it seems a great oppurtunity for a food source.
cksilverado1 1 year ago
Cute bunnies! I read UVic has started some kind of a capture, neuter and release program like other universities do with feral cat populations.
communications.uvic.ca/rabbits/
dustbunnieboo 1 year ago
@dustbunnieboo The link couldn't work, but I hope at least some find good homes.
mistyishappy 1 year ago
i wanna tend the rabbits
TheOctoman34 1 year ago
UVic is best known for it's bunnies
dwight334xmas 1 year ago
THEY'RE SO FLUFFAAAYYY
Blargleflakes 1 year ago
Trying to catch feral bunnies at Tarleton State University in Texas. Damn, they're fast buggers!
h2oteen 1 year ago
i don't understand how these guys survive British Columbian winters.. feral/domesticated strains of rabbits have lost their ability to dig properly and hoard food among other behaviours that are needed to survive in the wild.
zafgoesbaroque 1 year ago
@zafgoesbaroque doesnt get below 5 degrees here most years, man. vancouver island is considered subtropical
Crispyconcerto 1 year ago
@zafgoesbaroque I've seen them, they are still digging from what I've found out. And like the other said, winters aren't that bad here, especially where UVic is.
shallwethen 1 year ago
@zafgoesbaroque not neccesarily. They still retain the instincts to dig and forage. + the video also mentoined that other rabbit breeds maybe introduced to its gene pool increasing its genetic fitness.
thehantavirus 1 year ago
This is a university, so there are students. Some are most likely to be like me - a poor student. I remember trying to catch seagulls with a cardboard box as a trap and bread as bait in order to get some free grub. Why don't they just let the students go wild and make rabbit stew? Good eatin', less rabbits, the poorer kids fed: Problem solved.
TalonWolf 1 year ago
@TalonWolf seagulls in cities feed on garbage and flock in garbage dumps D-: you shouldn't eat them
zafgoesbaroque 1 year ago
@zafgoesbaroque Just as well our trap didn't work. Pulled the string away, and the box managed to stay at a diagnol slant... Couldn't replicate that happening even if we tried o_o
TalonWolf 1 year ago
That would actually be Harbour in Canada not the American spelling of the word.
JazzCat60 1 year ago
u can neuter some but not all
A7XSOADROCK 1 year ago
There were rabbits here, but the polish are them all. true story.
greengrendel 1 year ago
Oh.... I have another possible. 20 years from now....hill overlooking the hallowed halls of UVIC..deck chair - sipping me lucky beer, shotgun by my side, bunny burrows pegging the landscape, and students hobbling on crutches. A building
suddenly falls into the ground. 420 bunnies killed (I bet 50 of them were going at it at that very moment) Hey u lot might just get underground parking!
turbotoyboy 1 year ago
LOL at how he escaped from the little girl
Lirankn 1 year ago
ill come catch one for a pet xD
squishypawpad 1 year ago
UVIC has only studied this for a short time. These rabbits have been pets or the offspring of pets released on campus by many people. They genetically cannot interbreed with the wild population. It is irresponsible for petstores and breeders to sell as pets unneutered/ spayed rabbits which is the problem. Dumping them causes many to die or be killed. If they were raised for meat they would not have been dumped . UVIC a chance to EDUCATE people in proper care/ rescue of fera ldometic rabbits.
awolfie57 1 year ago
I would personally catch them to eat, the black and whites look like meat rabbits released. Rabbits like this should be used to feed the hungry, rabbits aren't rodents and carry litttle desease, thier poop ios great for the garden and it doesn't need to be composted first.
wanttoseemysnake 1 year ago
easy....each student takes to rabbits put them in the headmasters office, taking a note on the door "your turn , spay/neuter them! ". personally i would just take some home :-D
japanlove4rmcali 1 year ago
0:47 i would love to have that velvet black rabbit to the left
zildjianfan101 1 year ago
If the population carries on increasing just what for an inevitable Myxomatosis outbreak, that'll soon bring the numbers down sharpish. And when you see a myxi rabbit you'll soon change your mind about how cute they are.
crapbag87 1 year ago
I live right by Uvic, and what many people don't understand is how MANY there are. Spay and neuter thousands of bunnies? Yeah, like that's ever gonna happen. These bunnies are moving to areas around Uvic, and cuasing problems there. Uvic isn't trying to kill the bunnies all off, they are trying to keep them healthy, and at a decent population. A few culls do occur, and they also spay and neuter some and send them off to be adopted. Without this the area is covered with DEAD bunnies.
Kuratako 1 year ago
this... is paradise for me. I love rabbits. but stop killing them. originally they were domestic and were dumped wrongfully in the nature and it's messing up the ecology structure... poor rabbits not knowing whats going on...
MoQuake 1 year ago
@MoQuake Feral means wild. Which means they weren't domestic originally. Like the video says some of them are abandoned pets, but most are wild. They will keep breeding. I don't agree with killing but they need to be at least relocated. It can be a problem driving when there are bunnies all over the road and hopping in front of your car. There are many accidents. Or when the rabbits crawl under the hoods of cars and get killed by the fan when they are turned on.
Euterpe001 1 year ago
When life sends you a rabbit, make rabbit stew!
MrWarlock22 1 year ago 2
@MrWarlock22 NO...why i will make you a STEW!!!!
HoBeRMakry 1 year ago
@MrWarlock22
HoBeRMakry 1 year ago
pest? i think they're adorable... plus delicious... since you guys got so much Bunnie why don't you sacrifice some for your feast... tryst me... bunny taste better than chicken.
scrappuppet 1 year ago
BUNNYZ!!
chitownglory15 1 year ago
The University of Victoria is the "UNIVERSITY OF STUPIDS!!!"
HoBeRMakry 1 year ago
@HoBeRMakry I don't think you understand all the factors to the universities decision.
Just because something is adorable doesn't mean it isn't a pest. If there were a rat problem, you'd be fine with it. But guess what? These animals are adorable, but not hygenic. Uvic isn't trying to kill them all off, rather just keep the population at a healthy size.
Kuratako 1 year ago
i moving there for a year and its made me more excited
edricsmells 1 year ago
Wait a sec! Look at all the two legged "pests". Humans are an invasive species too, you know. But we don't do a mass cull on human "pests".
I'm no vegan or crazed animal rights nut BUT I can't see the logic of one animal being a "pest" when there's a massive overpopulation of humans destroying the world too.
Fantageous 1 year ago 2
Well if the University has it way there will no more baby bunnies. They have started killing them with shovels, boots, fists and brute force. COME OUT AND SAVE THEM TODAY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
Gino97 1 year ago
Wild rabbits are the grey cottontails you wouldn't be surprised to see in the wild. Feral rabbits are domesticated bunnies gone wild.
themelonbread 1 year ago
Doesn't the school have a cafeteria? They should just tolerate the rabbits, then catch a few for meat now and again. Also make rabbit fur coats.
That's how a lot of people survived the Great Depression. My late grandfather would have likely loved all these huge, slow rabbits, versus the tiny jack rabbits that took a real woodsman to shoot and were paranoid to traps.
GreenGestalt 1 year ago
free lawn mowers! they come in bunches =D
lafingman0 1 year ago
LOL they need me! i catch feral rabbits in aus by hand and cage
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They should kill them humanely. There is no other way to deal with the problem. They don't live particularly well on campus. Unless people want to adopt them and give them a home these domesticated animals should not live in the wild (or semi-wild).
That's just how it should be. I go to school here. I've seen hurt bunnies, bunnies run over by bikes, cars, etc... It's just not working the way it is for anybody.
bahramf 1 year ago
eat thme, heard rabbits make a tasty meal
shahrid1987 2 years ago
A little too chewy but it's amazing over a bbq. Don't know why you get minuses, if chickens were cute we wouldn't eat it as much.
Peruvian007 1 year ago
i say try to domesticate them and then give them away to people who want them...or better JUST LEAVE THEM BE there peaceful there so just leave them alone...and who ever is going to say that they are creating problems for people they can go to hell because we are the ones who stole the animals land
dimondrw 2 years ago
Yes, true, there is phenotypic selection moving the color of the bunnies to black= harder to see at nite. BUT the sad truth is that these bunnies are being born, then being ripped apart by birds, or run over by cars. The solutions? To cull the rabbits, and/or implement a spade/neutering program, which will be very costly to the university. The ultimate solution? All bunnies to be spade/neutered before sale in pet stores across BC.
tykyca 1 year ago
Also, the welfare of the animals must be considered. Because they have not evolved in this environment, they are easy prey items.
tykyca 1 year ago
I attend this university. The issue with the rabbits on campus is that they burrow for shelter. This is usually done adjacent to or under Campus structures/infrastructure = massive amounts of money spent each year. Also, surrounding the university is distinct and fragile ecosystems, and gardens which these fellows destroy. Theyve tried fences and other various techniques, but rabbits are good at bypassing these efforts. These animals are not native, but from Europe, not BC.
tykyca 1 year ago
@tykyca Not getting much of an education at UVIC if you don't know the difference between a type of shovel (spade) and altering female mammals (spay). You were pontificating hugely on this video last month. Clearly you aren't from here. UVIC's grounds are NOT a fragile eco system - they are an urban garden around high-traffic buildings. These rabbits are discarded pets (from Europe? really?) that the university has ignored and EXPLOITED for 30 years, using them to add to the charm of the campus.
askalice50 1 year ago
@askalice50 Why are you being so rude, when all I did was express an opinion? I live in View Royal, and am completing my BSc Geomatics/biology. It is people like you that poison Youtube. Yes the strain of household ferral rabbits originates from Europe. South Woods are a fragile Ecosystem, as is the Garry Oak areas near Finnerty, which the Campus has fenced off in order to mitigate the impact from Rabbits ( and admitedly deer). Reply if you wish, but do it respectfully.
tykyca 1 year ago
@askalice50
Thanks for that info. I just learned about the rabbits at UVIC. I'm not unfamiliar with the fact that rabbits are destructive. They can destroy trees, dig holes, and well, breed like bunnies! If UVIC has been exploiting their "cuteness" as an attraction, in my eyes that changes everything! The rabbits can be sterilized and/or contained to control their numbers or potential destruction.
Fantageous 1 year ago
@tykyca You make all valid points. Of course, since the university exploits the rabbits as a marketing tool to attract people there, it's REALLY (for good publicity on their part) in their best interest to try to ensure using humane methods to control the rabbit population. They could put a group of students/researchers to work on it if they have an animal science department? It's a university, of all things! Brainstorm, get creative.
Fantageous 1 year ago
@Fantageous
thanks for the comment! It is true that the University has used them as a marketing tool, undoubtedly. Right or wrong, I think we can all agree that this is highly contradictory to the cull. As for mitigating the issue, they just completed a pilot project in sterilizing then putting up for adoption in pet stores, instead of culling. The issues that came to the forefront were that even with the aid of a volunteer the cost was $ 500 per rabbit.
tykyca 1 year ago
@tykyca
Now someone with ethical extension sees that this is worth it. However, with literally thousands of rabbits, this would equate to a pricetag in the millions. Affordable, perhaps. But the issue, as at least I see it is larger. As long as there are rabbits on campus, owners needing to get rid of their rabbits will covertly drop them off, just prolonging the problem. I would like to see all rabbits sold in BC have to be sterilized, UNLESS
tykyca 1 year ago
@tykyca
The person was able to prove a need for fertile rabbits (breeders, etc).
A tenant of biogeography shows us that introduced species cannot be erradicated once they are present. The exception is small islands. Effectively, the Uvic Campus is an isolated small island geographically. But as for humane options, I'm all for definately. Sadly, I haven't found any that satisfy all stakeholders.
tykyca 1 year ago
I must go to school here!!
buddhabunnee 2 years ago 21
whats wrong with bunny's they keep the grass short so that save's paying a retard from Mozambique to cut the grass.
nightfox65 2 years ago
I say eat them. Comin' from farm family of the Indiana, rabbits make good stew. Especially with things they love, carrot, cabbage, potato, onion, etc. They should have big feast on the Canadian Thanksgiving day. Solves problem no and is good for enviroment.
ObiTrev 2 years ago
ur an ass...rabbits are meant to be left in piece not eaten...u and ur whole family is messed up
dimondrw 2 years ago
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nathan33445 2 years ago 3
high speed lawn mowers should do it.
I kid!
Bunnies are a problem I can live with.
ubetcha13 2 years ago 6
Okay, seriously, something needs to be done about the ever growing rabbit population at UVic. For the last 5 nights in a row, I be driving around ring road to get to the parking lot by the residence and go back to the dorm after work, I've ran over 5 rabbits on 5 separate days. I dont know whats with the rabbits hanging out on the edge of the grass by ring road, but obviously when they are spooked, their animal instinct is run, they try to run across ring road, and then CRUNCH. Im driving at 40k
canucksnation 2 years ago
@canucksnation rabbit killer!!!! may the easter bunny come and bite u
MiLSeLrAhC 2 years ago
i respect and love them as well,... I respect their protein content, and I love them in my Belly.
jdjeffro70 2 years ago
lol hehe
cgyguy86 2 years ago
If their not bothering anybody really then I don't understand why can't you just leave them alone.Just neuter and spay them and the population won't get bigger.
2koolnejigirl 2 years ago 32
u are so right
mscreecher 2 years ago
@2koolnejigirl That's soooooooooooooo expensive. Do you want to collect the money to have that done?
bahramf 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl They are bothering people dingbat. Rabbits create burrows that can create sink holes for people to fall in and injure themselves, they can affect the foundations of buildings when the burrows are nearby and possibly cause a collapse of a building. Second these arent wild rabbits, they are here because some retarded idiots thought it would be cool to have rabbits as pets...they abandoned them eventually into the University area park, and guess what they spread like rabbits.
dejaqwho 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl That costs a lot of money. Why not trap them and send them across to Vancouver, to feed the homeless there?
sukiari 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl
Except that the sheer number of rabbitholes threatens the infrastructure of the University... they dig up everything.
So... where do they get that money to fix a building if it caves? Your Tuition.
PS They already are sterilizing them, but it's nearly impossible to find every single one of them. they multiply like there's no tomorrow.
vroominator 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl That's a great idea but the rabbits were causing property damage. If it wasn't a problem then it wouldn't be an issue, would it?
klkhf4 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl The problemis these rabbits bred like crazy, and destroyed everything in the area. No thanks to their owners turning them loose. They had to deal with them some how.
chinbunny1 1 year ago
@2koolnejigirl Thats a good idea. It would probably be a lot of work but it could create some jobs.
ScoKimber 11 months ago
i love rabbit meat!!!
shahrid1987 2 years ago
That's 1 reason God made Eagles,Hawks,Owls,Boa Constricters,Mountain Lions,Bobcats,Pumas Coyates,Wolves.Feral Cats,Shot Guns,,sorry scratch that 1. mmmmmmm. O sorry it's on a Campus. Forget all those. I know a Pet Shop on E-Bay.
paulstewartcrane 2 years ago
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god doesn't exist faggot.
shortiewannaride 2 years ago
u shoulded make fun of ppls religion so therte wont be conflict
mscreecher 2 years ago
god exists so shut the hell up
dimondrw 2 years ago
You think god says what should and shouldn't happen on this earth? Rabbits get fucking eaten all the time. Have you ever watched Animal Planet. Death is part of the circle of life.
nanerpants 2 years ago
i didnt say anything about God and any way yeah because the predators of the rabbits are all ready there in the wild with the rabbits......but you can't just intentionally put predators with them like that...
dimondrw 2 years ago
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Hire a proffessional.... what a moron. you cant get a proffessional to get rid of 1000's off rabits in a fucking field :S
jpzspikeynorm 2 years ago
well, at least they're quiet.
here4good 2 years ago 3
fried rabbit is Dee-Licious!!
jdjeffro70 2 years ago
your so mean,some ppl respect and love rabbits U KNOW
mscreecher 2 years ago
Hire a professional.
arbonac 2 years ago
You capture the bucks and fix them .....
JimTB 2 years ago 3
i like the bunnies
DasTuppen 2 years ago 3
finally someone who respects thjem thank u
mscreecher 2 years ago
eAt them !! :P
alcondiblu2007 2 years ago
It's so cute when they're sniffing the camera!
teencomment 2 years ago
the rabbit at 0:58 looks like my pet rabbit starbuck
NuclearProductions11 2 years ago
Well... In Portugal we eat them. They're cute but taste like shit to me, anyway you could try a nice recipe and eat'em all :)
jpaulo70 2 years ago
Eating city rabbits, I don't know, Portugal? your country is a SHAME!!! Stop bullfighting!
jjpeterson1 2 years ago
I´m against bullfights, animals are for eating, work or pets when they're not in the wild. And my country is Mozambique, not Portugal, there we eat nerds such as yourself.
jpaulo70 2 years ago
I heard everybody in Mozambique is gay.
loonmaniac 2 years ago
i wish we had this problem at my uni!! i saw a few hares but they're just not the same i want bunnies lol
sanaabanana87 2 years ago
I thought this was going to be about Ubisoft's annoying rayman game. Then I noticed it didn't rabbids.
airfoemoe 2 years ago
As cruel as it may seem, I think that professional hunters should be brought in to decrease the population as humanely as possible before disease and starvation wipe them out. The meat should then be donated to local charities. A city nearby me has this same problem, only with deer, and this is the method that they are using.
HinaOtaku4 2 years ago
Two words. Burmese pythons!
Louistogies 2 years ago
BB Gun!
RangerMH 2 years ago
KILL EM ALL!!!
salamike 2 years ago
Dont these people own crock pots?
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
they do, but they don't own the means to take out said rabbit, and even if they did, they probably don't have the skills to skin it, clean it, and probably dont use many seasonings, from my experiences in being in the north.
korriken 2 years ago
What can be done about a pest that's cute?
Release a few foxes or coyotes into the population.
Problem solved.
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5iv3z 2 years ago
Your a sick bastard
Fredthelog 2 years ago
what the fuck is wrong with you?
andylinder 2 years ago
lol i already have 2 pet rabbits in my home.
here4good 2 years ago
kill the wabbit!!
msc374 2 years ago
The LAC campus of Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California, has a similar problem. I love an excuse to go there and count the bunnies on the Quad.
HardLovinLoser 2 years ago
screw Iowa i wanna go there!
LostintheWandering 2 years ago
aww :3
I want all of them xD
merece 2 years ago
Is the guy carrying a beer? 0:35
Spartan76092 2 years ago
Michelle Obama really does look like James Brown! James Brown doesn't look like an alien though!
utubefavorsdems 2 years ago
awh i want a biggo fat rabbit lol
JessScream 2 years ago
me too
OTTTB 2 years ago
lol reminded me of the TV show that show how horny rabbits are.
polipoli7 2 years ago
I wish i had a rabbit. :D
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19504x4 2 years ago
hmmmm...how about rabbit stew or soup, lucky rabbit's foot...the list goes on and on ...just a joke ...so loosen up and don't respond :)
MrMeinmyworld 2 years ago
Lol Funny *YOU NOOB* You could get 4 lucky rabbit feet Instead of 1~
Whosbrandy 2 years ago
1:00 question.
You give them away to people in the United States.
Some are very good with animals.
Subsw00fers 2 years ago
not a bit shy of humans at all wow!
chechevi 2 years ago
People who dump pets MAKE ME SICK! They cause untold suffering.
We had a little black bunny dumped off near our house. We took him in to save him from coyotes, dogs, hawks, cars, etc. ... That was four years ago and he's still living in a big pen in our family room.
zamaz99 2 years ago
Good thing you didn't let it die.
Whosbrandy 2 years ago
C'mon, UVic ... no Trekkies up there? Any Trekkie in the world would tell ya what to do with those cute but prolific little critters!
Plug "Star Trek TOS - The Trouble With Tribbles" into YouTube user LeSPOCK for the teaser. Your homework will require watching the entire episode for the answer!
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bloootube 2 years ago
Yummy!
bluefishjoe 2 years ago
how are they PESTS?
they dont do anything bad
i would agree if it was like bees or something
chocoluff 2 years ago
exactly how r the pests...they mow the lawn and are very peaceful and make people happy...just live with them they're happy there
dimondrw 2 years ago 3
BUNNIES <3
EightDaddy 2 years ago 2
NOOO! don't shoot or eat them! adopt them! if you can catch the bunny, you can keep it =D i want a bunny!!!! used to have one, but he was a troublemaker and we returned him to the mother's owner....
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Louistogies 2 years ago
Rabbits are in Lagomorpha :)
pullnshoot25 2 years ago
u can start selling them 4 a funraiser
sportsmangi37 2 years ago
We have a bunny campus here at Long Beach City College, CA. I like it, calms the spirit. They have a task force studying it!! Wonder what that costs.
phnixlady 2 years ago
lbcc has so many! they try to adopt some out, but i believe they have to euthanize many in the spring when there are too many, so i tell people to take them home if they can
ikylejm 2 years ago
Bring them to my house and my puppy will take care of them =P
munishion 2 years ago
they are let loose so the can cut grass
Dafis 2 years ago
why are these rabbits considered pests??
. it looked like all they did was eat grass
uselessunknown 2 years ago
they eat my cousins carpet too
shadowfire779 2 years ago
time to get the shot gun
xDark2Lightx 2 years ago
just remember to yell out "They're Coming Right For Us" before you shoot them then nobody can tell you anything
xKingCrow713x 2 years ago
Add rabbit stew to the cafeteria menu?
abujabi 2 years ago
i would chainge the masxot 2 a rabbit, and then clame its school spirit ^_^
fullmoonFairy 2 years ago
put them in a box then let them go
posthumousANONYMITY 2 years ago
get usda certification on wild bunny meat and lower tuition costs
phamax111 2 years ago
Lol where I live there isn't a single bunny due to the fact that the coyotes and foxes are very hungry.....
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12MINOF 2 years ago
Well, all you have to do is sterilize them. Since you can never get them all, the population will be limited, as there will be a few families that keep on breeding.
madskillz1o1 2 years ago
KEEP THEM :D
So cute :)
CheesyRachie 2 years ago
invite the vietnamese into the campus ground and they will take care of it
72ve17 2 years ago
Allow Dogs on campus = )... Or people take bunnies home every month or so for a day. And they gotta catch it if they want it lol. But its not that hard to figure out how to get rid of rabbits people!!
Zack12246 2 years ago
"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Kenoman29 2 years ago