No Danger From Rabbits
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
In Fiji
Opinion of an Expert
IN a recent issue of the PIM, alarm was expressed at a report that wild rabbits had been seen on Viti Levu, Fiji. It was suggested that, if rabbits got loose in Fiji, great harm might be done.
That fear, of course, was based upon the history of the rabbit plague in Australia and New Zealand.
A recent statement by Mr. C. R. Tur bet, the well-known veterinary officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fiji, pre sents a different aspect. Mr. Turbet sees no danger of the rabbit becoming a pest in Fiji and he has suggested the removal of the ban on the importation of domes ticated rabbits, so that they could be raised for food. He says: “I have made a careful study of the subject and con clude the rabbit will not survive at large either in Fiji or in any other country in the wet tropics. The environment suit able to the rabbit is climate from frigid to temperate, with low humidity and low to moderate rainfall.”