Originally bred for meat and fur, the European rabbit has become a successful invader worldwide. When domesticated breeds ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand --Three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard a flock of sheep and surfing to safety on their woolly backs.Ferg Horne, 64 ...

In bunny lore, this is a ritualistic massacre. In human terms, it’s a culling. New Zealand is overrun with rabbits, and those adorable bun-buns you may have seen perched atop sheep are no exception.

According to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), rabbits cost an average of $50m New Zealand dollars (U$36m; £18.7m) in lost production and more than NZ$25m in pest control each year.

Rabbit Skins Trade. Skip to content Skip to site index ... NEW-ZEALAND RABBIT SKINS.; INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT A TRADE WHICH HAS INCREASED WONDERFULLY. Share full article. June 16, 1882.

Wendall Tisher of Pierre is probably not the first South Dakota livestock producer to make the trip down to Texas to show and sell animals at the Fort Worth Stockyards.

He shows and sells pedigree New Zealand rabbits, in all four colors - blacks, "brokens" - sort of a spotted variety - reds and whites. And it just so happens that he's one of the best showmen in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard a flock of sheep and surfing to safety on their woolly backs. Ferg Horne, 64 ...

New Zealand is planning to release a rabbit virus across the country, in an attempt to cull the ballooning wild population. Wild rabbits are seen as a pest in parts of the country and the virus ...