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echo: barktopus
to: Rich Gauszka
from: Randy
date: 2006-04-10 19:44:56
subject: Re: northeast England hiring armed guards

From: Randy 

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/od_afp/afplifestylebritainfoodrabbitoffb
eat;_ylt=AqaeCQt4FsD0IZZYOdPR0mGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-
>
> LONDON (AFP) - In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie,
> furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect
> their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit.
>
> Leeks, Japanese onions, parsnips and spring carrots have all been ripped up
> and devoured by the mystery were-rabbit -- prompting the 12 allotment
> holders in Felton, north of Newcastle, to hire two marksmen with air rifles
> and orders to shoot to kill.
> "It is a massive thing. It is a monster. The first time I saw it, I said:
> 'What the hell is that?'" the Northumberland Gazette newspaper quoted local
> resident Jeff Smith, 63, as saying on its website
> (www.northumberlandtoday.co.uk).
>
> He claims to have seen the black and brown rabbit -- with one ear bigger
> than the other -- about two months ago, and at least three fellow allotment
> holders say they have seen it as well.
>
>

Perchance is this the critter?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/od_afp/afplifestylebritainfoodrabbitoffbea
t_060407152117;_ylt=AlUoOPqaERzrmQtzuTumIBqgOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5b
mNhdA--

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