Spraying Crops With Tabasco Sauce Sends Rabbits "Three Feet In The Air"

[matcom]

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch farmers have devised a hot and spicy way to stop rabbits and rodents from munching their lettuce, carrots and wheat.

Spraying fields with the American sauce Tabasco sends the rabbits "three feet in the air" with shock and running for cover, said a spokesman for a local agriculture cooperative.

The Dutch animal protection society is happy with the spicy repellent, unworried by the possibility of burned bunny mouths.

"Preventive measures are exactly what we want. It's better than going into the fields with a shotgun," said animal welfare spokesman Niels Doorlandt.

The farmers will now try to make Tabasco an officially recognized pesticide for subsidized use on a larger scale. At least five small supermarket-sized bottles of the spicy sauce are needed for spraying 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of crops.

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[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

1. On 1st read I thaught you said "spraying cops"

its funnier that way

[underpants]

2. I've heard that bacon keeps them out too

but if you want to have a GOOD time-FLYIN' WABBITS!

[jus_the_facts]

3. Supportin' our La. economy to boot......

:D

[DS1]

4. Yeah, but think of what Tabasco-impregnated corn will do to your asshole

:scared:

[Pert_UK]

5. That's the best threat I've ever heard..........

:evilgrin:

P.

[Pert_UK]

6. Those drug-crazed Netherlanders........

Do you think we could make this into some kind of sport? You spray the field with Tabasco and stand back with a shotgun. Blast away at the bunnies as they sky-rocket out of the crops, then they'll be ready marinated for a spicy rabbit barbecue. Serve them with the corn you've saved in the field. Genius.

I fail to see how this is humane - surely those rabbits will have burning eyes and lungs. It's like re-creating the trenches from WWI and the mustard gas.

Plus, of course, the rainwater will wash the Tabasco into the dykes, and imagine the poor fish having to swim through an extra-hot pot of salsa!

The mind boggles....