It's so unfair. I've always wanted a cute bunny rabbit!!!Why are you allowed one in the rest of Australia?
2007-02-25 08:00:31 · 12 answers · asked by Duran Duranfan 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Because they are a pest and also that they could present a serious challenge to many Queensland politicians. Their popularity and intellectual advantage could actually mean that QLD could be governed by rabbits in just a short time. That is the real reason for the ban, believe nothing else! (And don't ask me to 'please explain'!)
2007-02-26 00:06:08 · answer #1 · answered by Ranjeeh D 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits In Qld
2016-11-12 00:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits are one of Australia’s major agricultural and environmental pests, costing between $600 million and $1 billion annually
In Queensland alone, control of rabbits is estimated to cost the sheep and cattle industries in excess of $2 million per annum.” The new Act continues to recognise that wild rabbit plagues threaten the livelihood of many rural landholders, causing considerable losses to agricultural industries including grain and vegetable crops,
Rabbits are an introduced species that have a major adverse impact on the environment as a whole and Australia’s native flora and fauna.
Rabbits compete with native animals and are a primary cause of soil erosion,
For further information contact Jenny Shanahan, Pest Management Strategy, Natural Resources and Mines: 07 3405 5526, or Media Officer Rose Rathborne 07 3405 6961 or after hours: Brett Davis on 0422 802 296.
DNR Pest Facts-Pet rabbits - the most common illegal pet.
2007-02-25 09:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by mezzy m 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
hi, well as a south aussie, all you need to do is look at a bunny infested area! they denude an area very quickly, breed like....rabbits! and new growth and young trees just die from the abuse. also if you have ever been out on a horse thats gone down a bunny hole and hurt itself, you would realise they are not so cute.
it is very cruel to actually keep a bunny in a small mossie mesh cage, but with calici virus being spread, plus myxomatosis too, its worse to see them die of either. go for a guinea pig. they dont have the fur and grooming issues unless you buy a longhair(.and don,t get these viruses.) they can get scurvy! always feed fresh vegies along with any dry diet, regardless of the "complete food" claims on the packs!
2007-02-26 01:41:19 · answer #4 · answered by amicus curiae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Queensland have a terrible wild rabbit problem. A lot of people are reckless with their animals and if your rabbit got out it would become ferral and cause havoc.
2007-02-25 08:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by dreamgypsy1967 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits are like cane toads. I like them both.
Both come from overseas and have plagued our country destroying farmland and from my point of view our plants and animals.
I had a bunny when I was a baby in Wales. I loved it. They are terrific but As Queensland suffers most from these "pests" as they are here I can understand why they are banned.
2007-02-25 22:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by salubrious 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because there is already enough rabbits [ for want of a better word ] in Queensland. You can have one in NSW
2007-02-25 13:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by shotie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are an introduced species and their was such an explosion of rabbit population causing much damage to farming areas.
Vets that treat them do not call then long ears something something cats we infact call them long eared guinea pigs!
2007-02-25 17:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They're a pest. They dont belong in Australia so dont contribute to the problem.
2007-02-25 11:05:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because there were too many rabbits in china and they dont want the same thing to happen here!
2007-02-25 11:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋