A video entitled “How to find a rabbit in its burrow” He is sweeping on social networks. In it, a man shows step by step how a devastating system is used to eliminate underground rabbits or rodents through a double process: gas injection and subsequent detonation.
The tool that appears in the video resembles a Metal spear connected to a console with command. From that extreme, the operator regulates the Flammable gas flowwhich is introduced by a small opening towards the interior of the burrow. After a few seconds of injection, the operator generates a spark that causes an underground detonationdesigned to eliminate animals that can be found inside.
Throughout the sequence, the protagonist explains clearly and detailing the procedure, including the Tube placementhe Estimated gas injection time and how the ignition occurs. The expansive wave caused by the spark generates a visible earth dust from the surface, confirming the operation of the system.
The video has generated great interest among users around the world and already accumulates more than Two million views y More than 600,000 “Like”consolidating as one of the viral contents of the moment within the scope of wildlife management.
This system has also been used in Spain
Similar rabbit control methods have been used in our country by different public administrations or territory management entities. In Cataluñafor example, performances have been documented to reduce rabbit populations in agricultural areas or even in railway infrastructure, such as high -speed lines.
Also in Aragonin the face of the high density of rabbits in certain agricultural areas, the autonomous government authorized in 2018 the use of alternative methods such as experimental fumigation of vivares with carbon monoxide, in addition to capture by networks or traps, and the direct destruction of burrows. According to the 2018/2019 hunting plan, these measures were applied in 38 municipalities of Huesca, 8 from Teruel and 68 of Zaragoza. In these cases, farmers were allowed to act within their plots without requiring permission from the head of the preserve, although they chose to destroy the vivars, they could not request compensation for agricultural damage on those specific surfaces.
In Andalusiathe Andalusian Federation of Hunting (FAC) filed a complaint against Adif for the use of different techniques, such as the filling of burrows with concrete to avoid the presence of rabbits in sensitive areas. In that context, the FAC raised as a solution the capture of living rabbits through ferret and networks, with the aim of transferring them to other areas where their density is low and can be seized hunting.
