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15/04/2008, 23:05 Nell Joined on 14/08/2007 24 Posts 110 Re: unwelcome guest hare today - gone tomorrow..... Has he got a wig on - or just a hare piece????? we could go on and on and on and........    Report

16/04/2008, 7:47 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 174 Re: unwelcome guest rien    Report

16/04/2008, 8:05 Ab Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 573 Re: unwelcome guest I think it is just hairsay!!!!!!!!!!!!!   All we are saying  ----        IS         GIVE IT  A CHANCE.   With apologies to the Beattles--- singers not creepy crawlies--now those i d'ont like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   give the bunny a chance    Report

16/04/2008, 19:15 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 174 Re: unwelcome guest hi again We lost some cabbages last night.  The trap is set again with even more tempting delights to entice the critter in.  It is a humane trap, it will have a last supper and will then be passed on to the farmers wife, who seemed to indicate she has a plan for it.  The other information is that she (farmers wife) doesn't think its a hare, rather a small deer.  In that case, the trap isn't any good, oh deer.  When I saw it the other night it looked hare size to me, with big ears.  Will keep you informed.    Report

16/04/2008, 19:22 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 6,782 Re: unwelcome guest My neighbour's car was involved in a fight with a suicidal hare early this morning. The hare lost. Clair, a Real Virtual French Person Ma Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour    Report

17/04/2008, 17:21 tracteurtom Joined on 09/01/2007 19 Correze Posts 346 Re: unwelcome guest A terrier of some sorts would sort it out.  Just let it eat the lot, better for it than crocquets ! If it is a little deer (no expense spared !) give the local Chase a call.  I think the hunting season has finished now, but it is a pest, is it not ?  and I'm sure the local Farmer's wife would delight in that !    Report

17/04/2008, 17:56 steve Joined on 23/02/2008 Northern Dordogne Posts 71 Re: unwelcome guest killing either would be interdit - the season has finished. However, if its a hare, trap it tap it and unwrap it, put it in the oven, no-one will know! Steve D&S Property Services    Report

17/04/2008, 18:45 Suninfrance Joined on 23/08/2004 Arnac Pompadour, Correze (19) Posts 924 Re: unwelcome guest I hare what you are all saying - but give it a chance.    I think they are fascinating creatures.  So please, if you are going to trap it, set it free somewhere where it can live its life and not end up in someone's pot. Dogs have owners, cats have servants    Report

18/04/2008, 10:05 tracteurtom Joined on 09/01/2007 19 Correze Posts 346 Re: unwelcome guest Thats the worse thing you could do Suninfrance (what sun !).  If you move it from its "home" it'll just try to find its way back and most likely get killed on the road or by a Fox.  Its become a pest by all accounts, so take a shot at it, or set the dogs on it.  Thats life in France, get used to it !  That namby pamby ah isnt it sweet approach is no good in the country.    Report

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