What is an acceptable way of getting rid of rabbits from a residential lot bordering a cornfield and a "mini-zoo"?
When we saw them running around our yard, they seemed cute at first. Now we find they are burrowing under our shed, which I has a slight list -- but I don't know whether that is the result of the burrowing or whether it has always been that way without my noticing before.
Back on the farm in UK many decades ago, my father used two approaches:
(a) A commercially available (at that time) product, "Cymag," containing a significant percentage of sodium cyanide (in 7lb cans!). Plug up all the holes but one, dump in some of this stuff, then plug the last hole. It reacted with the moisture in the soil to generate hydrogen cyanide gas, which made short work of the furry little darlings. Somehow I cannot imagine this being readily available in my local garden store (and it was banned in the EU with effect from the end of 2004).
Or
(b) A ferret with a collar and leash. I'm not so sure about that one either. Hungry ferret disappeared down the hole. Unhungry ferret emerged from hole.
My father had a double-12 shot gun too, but he didn't waste it on rabbits.
What is a socially acceptable remedy in this enlightened age?
Perce