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Why are domestic rabbits banned in Queensland?
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"This link to ABC Science will help the 'Greenie Bashers' understand a little about rabbits... I hope. Not one feral species has been introduced by anyone connected to The Greens, but plenty by people connected to other political parties including Liberal, Labor and Shooters Partiee, to name but three!"
Reference please; which feral species did they import?
As to the introduction of rabbits,
"Rabbits were introduced as part of a broad attempt by early colonists to make Australia as much like Europe as they possibly could," says Greg Mutze, research officer at the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation in South Australia.
"It was hoped that they would flourish so that the owners could hunt them."
This should be read in the broader context of the privileged classes of the time, I don't think that this refers to the ordinary blokes around the towns or the bush who would have enjoyed a bit of rabbit in the pot. Some of their parents would have been in Australia because they sinned against the perceived ownership of rabbits in Europe.