Art imitates life

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If you haven't seen Wallace and Gromit, you owe it to yourself to check them out. Classic quirky British humor. Their latest feature film is Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit The plot revolves around this giant rabbit that is eating its way through the town's vegetable gardens.
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Basis in fact actually - from The Scotsman:
No vegetable is safe from curse of the were-rabbit
Worried vegetable growers have drafted in armed guards to protect their allotments from what they suspect is a gigantic rabbit.

Leeks and turnips have been ripped from the ground, while whole rows of onions, parsnips and carrots lie decimated by the creature's rampage through the prize vegetable plots of Felton, Northumberland.

The main clues to the culprit are some oversized pawprints and sightings of a cross between a hare and a rabbit with one ear larger than the other.

A small group of allotment holders have now clubbed together to hire two air-rifle marksmen with orders to shoot to kill.

Jeff Smith, 63, spotted the black and brown animal two months ago. He said: "This is no ordinary rabbit. We are dealing with a monster. The first time I saw it I thought to myself: 'What the hell is that?' I have seen its prints and they are huge. It is a brute of a thing."

Mr Smith, who has kept an allotment for 25 years, said: "We have two lads here with guns, but it is clever. They never see it. There were big rabbits before pesticides were introduced, but not like this."

Five people claim to have seen the giant rabbit. However, animal lovers have urged allotment holders to find a happy ending to the saga.

A spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said: "It seems ridiculous to demonise this animal for doing what it can to survive."
[spit]PETA[spit]
It is a competitive world out there Ms. Newkirk and that rabbit is stealing people's food. Getting rid of a pest is not demonizing, it is the assertion of one's place in the food chain. If you get an infection, do you refuse antibiotics? Here is an example of a large English rabbit:
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I for one would not want that in my vegetable patch. Oh yes, I am demonizing the vegetables as well as I plan to rip them from their mother earth, flood them with water as I coarsely abrade their tender skin and then I will either chop them into pieces and place them over a pot of boiling water or I will just eat them raw. Yum!

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I'm appalled by your ignorance! We invade their space and when they try to take it back or live harmoniously with us, we demonize and hunt them down. This is colonialism at its worst. You take what belongs to others or is meant to be shared and call it your own then shoot those who try to reclaim it. Shame on you and i hope a rabbit that size eats your entire garden.

I would really love you buy a rabbit like that where did you get?

i was amazed by the size of this rabbit how much does it weigh and how tall is it.

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