Rabbits leave contractors hopping mad

The growth in rabbit populations is hindering the construction, engineering and agricultural sectors, according to research group the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA).

Burrowing rabbits have been blamed for undermining physical structures such as buildings, road embankments and engineered slopes.

As a result, CIRIA has launched a new guide to rabbit management (C645) on how to manage rabbits should conflicts arise between rabbit activities and their interests.

This includes advice on how to ascertain the need for management and which control methods may be appropriate, as well as information on rabbit ecology and biodiversity, rabbit diseases and relevant legislation.

[Contract Journal, 9 August 2006, p. 1]