One of South Africa’s most famous tourist spots, Robben Island, will be closed for two weeks starting November 1 because the island has been taken over by, um, rabbits?
The island, known as the site of most of Nelson Mandela’s 27-year imprisonment and now a UN World Heritage site, has been infiltrated by thousands of rabbits who are reeking havoc on the vegetation, which threatens the livelihoods of many of the island’s other four-legged inhabitants.
To combat the problem, a group of veterinarians are planning a “humane culling” of the rabbits, which includes coaxing the majority of them into cages and then giving them lethal injections.
Will they at least be offered a last meal?
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