The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is native to the Iberian Peninsula (and perhaps also northern Africa), which has colonised almost everywhere in the world since the times of the Roman ...

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A zoo in northern Denmark is asking pet owners to donate their unwanted guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and even small horses – not to put them on display but to feed them to the zoo’s predators.The ...