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Cats and kittens

Do not be deceived by the almost cuddly nature of the title of this article. It refers to cats of the feral nature and kittens as in the offspring of the Oryctolagus cuniculus, or European rabbit - as released in Australia in the 1800s.

Over the summer months we had noticed a slow but steady increase in the number of rabbits going around our place. One of the realities of country life is that following a concerted effort at fox baiting

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