How Do I Kill Rabbits?? - Ask Extension
Rabbits are eating my vegetables and flowers. Is killing rabbits legal in Minnesota and are there effective poisons available for this?
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How Do I Kill Rabbits?? #871454
Asked June 04, 2024, 8:50 AM EDT
Rabbits are eating my vegetables and flowers. Is killing rabbits legal in Minnesota and are there effective poisons available for this?
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
It is legal to kill rabbits but is illegal to poison them. Even if it weren’t illegal there would too great a chance for unintended poisoning of pets, wildlife and children.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/livingwith_wildlife/rabbits/index.html#:~:text=Minnesota%20law%20allows%20landowners%20or,lights%20in%20the%20closed%20season.
Rabbits are an annual problem so it is best to invest in rabbit fencing and to enclose your garden. I have had to do this and attach chicken wire to my cyclone fence to keep them out. After adult rabbits were clearing a 4 ft fence I made cylinders large enough for my broccoli and kale plants and my bush beans. They leave tomatoes alone but the squirrels and raccoons will sometimes sample tomatoes. Wildlife can add some challenges.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/livingwith_wildlife/rabbits/index.html#:~:text=Minnesota%20law%20allows%20landowners%20or,lights%20in%20the%20closed%20season.
Rabbits are an annual problem so it is best to invest in rabbit fencing and to enclose your garden. I have had to do this and attach chicken wire to my cyclone fence to keep them out. After adult rabbits were clearing a 4 ft fence I made cylinders large enough for my broccoli and kale plants and my bush beans. They leave tomatoes alone but the squirrels and raccoons will sometimes sample tomatoes. Wildlife can add some challenges.
