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a modern breeder can obtain
within three years...
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a monthly yield of 500 rabbits.
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But this expert warns
that raising over 5,000 head...
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becomes a public health hazard.
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With 1 ,000 males
and 5,000 females...
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a breeder would be overrun with
30,000 rabbits the fiirst month...
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and two million
by the tenth month!
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A province or even a whole country
could be wiped out by famine!
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- Really?
- Tell him about Australia!
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That unfortunate continent,
1 4 times bigger than France...
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almost perished from
an immigrant's pair of rabbits.
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Those rodents stripped
entire fiields and prairies bare!
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They had to build
a 1 2,000-mile electrifiied fence...
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and they had to slaughter
millions of them.
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Are you planning
to raise that type here?
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Certainly not.
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I think the Australian climate
caused the breed's destructiveness.
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Thank God!
So, you plan on 500 a month?
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No!
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I'm all for moderation.
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I'll be satisfiied
with a fourth of that.
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I'm counting on 1 50 a month
within two years.
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No more than that.
:47:22
That makes more sense.
:47:25
just cleaning out the cages
is a big job.
:47:30
- That's no problem!
- How come?
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I want to see my rabbits run
and hop about!
:47:41
I'll raise them the modern way--
outdoors.
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What about the foxes?
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You forget the fence--
six feet high, galvanized iron!
:47:51
A six-foot fence
won't stop a fox. Never!
:47:54
But galvanized iron might.
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That's why I plan to use
underground burrows...