Distressing footage of rabbit, with Myxomatosis dispatched shortly after off camera.

hi every one
this rabbit is suffering from the early stage's from Myxomatosis,eye swelling,heavy breathing,and later discovered the genitals swelling.
I was out Vermin controlling these rabbits at a local horse paddocks when this one came running straight at me! as if to beg for mercy.and be dispatched humanely and quickly.as it was so close,the.22 hold over trajectory was to great to judge? so I turned off the camera and dispatched it humanely,at a sensible range it did not suffer! I assure you!

Although some people think what we do is barbaric,we also have a duty to be humane,and dispatch as humane as possible so the vermin do not suffer in any way,any movement you see after any vermin has been shot in my videos,are the nerves shutting down!

regards

Davy

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[PLINKINATOR]

do you come across many on your shoots mate? with mixy!?

[davyt63]

@PLINKINATOR

HI BUDDY

no not really,but starting to see a few more this year!

regards

davy

[cubleycat]

and they say hunting is wrong!

when there are too many rabbits about this is what happens, a very sick nasty death. I would prefer a bullet in the head any day.

[aaronrushton1]

looks like mixy. you can pretty much walk up and neck rabbits with mixy. i once was out in the pouring rain and there was 1 rabbit in the middle fo the field with mixy. it did not even know it was raining. it was shivering, deaf and blind so i just gave it point blank

[JSMcustoms]

@4estadventurer I don't know if it would be safe to eat, but just to be safe I wouldn't eat it.

[LACSMOB]

You did the right thing.

[JSMcustoms]

It's my understanding that there is no cure for this condition. Sounds like this was the humane thing to do.

[4estadventurer]

is it safe to eat with the disease no?

[JBofBrisbane]

Parts of Australia were overrun by rabbits (mostly brown rabbits) in years gone by, until we introduced myxomatosis (accidentally released, in fact). Since then, some populations have developed a resistance to myxo, but now we have caleci virus working as well.

In my state of Queensland, it is still illegal to keep any sort of rabbits except for medical research or (seriously) if you need one for a magician act.

[robdhands]

any rabbit with mixy should be shot if not for the sake of that rabbit but for the others it will infect , my m8 thought i was cruel cos i circled the roundabout and came back in myself just to run over as i missed the first time round,

[NTtheLion]

Sad. Poor thing was in pain, you put him out (It was a favour) gimme a quick bullet over a slow death any day.

[beke6874]

Varmint holes and horses don't mix.

[MacDonaldSeumas]

@CabhanListis Agreed

[xeokym]

I'd like to pop off a few bunnies in my yard...in the springtime there are more rabbits around than I have ever seen in my area. They're all stretched out in my driveway in the sun like it's Bunny Club Med. I can't get a damn thing to grow that I could remotely call a "garden" between the rabbits & the deer. Even owning cats & a dog doesn't deter the bunnies, they're bold & destructive. I mean, they're cute, but they're way outta hand.