http://clipmarks.com/search/nomnom/sort/latest-pops/http://rss.clipmarks.com/search/nomnom/sort/latest-pops/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/946B7FCD-51FF-4E47-96FD-71C009152323/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/">CrazyRedHead</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Bad bunnies! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3785042.ece" title="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3785042.ece">www.timesonline.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/11A01B7D-AD96-4000-8109-2CB19ACCFAD7.jpg" alt="Rabbit" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> A plague of rabbits is devastating crops and community relations in France, where lawsuits are flying as farmers, hunters and landowners blame each other for failing to keep the population in check.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Amid mounting anger and destruction on a scale unknown for 30 years, cereal farmers are being advised to sue neighbours who allow wild rabbits to proliferate. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Under French law, landowners have a civil responsibility to prevent an “excess number” of rabbits on their property</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Public authorities are blamed for allowing rabbits to multiply alongside rivers, roads and railways, where they have curtailed a longstanding policy of regular culls.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">contemporary hunters were ignoring the rabbits that they used to stew with red wine and <I>herbes de Provence. </I>“They prefer bigger game these days,” he said. “We need to persuade them to be a bit more assiduous.”</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/europe/" rel="tag">europe</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/farming/" rel="tag">farming</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nomnom/" rel="tag">nomnom</a></div>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3785042.eceMon, 21 Apr 2008 05:01:03 GMT