"Tabasco Crops Too Hot for Bunnies"

[GreenPartyVoter]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch farmers have devised a hot and spicy way to stop rabbits and rodents from munching their lettuce, carrots and wheat.

Spraying fields with the American sauce Tabasco sends the rabbits "three feet in the air" with shock and running for cover, said a spokesman for a local agriculture cooperative.

The Dutch animal protection society is happy with the spicy repellent, unworried by the possibility of burned bunny mouths.

"Preventive measures are exactly what we want. It's better than going into the fields with a shotgun," said animal welfare spokesman Niels Doorlandt.

http://news1.iwon.com/odd/article/id/426200|oddlyenough|09-09-2004::08:47|reuters.html

[amazona]

1. good luck while it lasts

I'm delighted that the good folks at Avery Island have found another product placement but sooner or later will come the crop of rabbits that actually likes the spicy stuff and then it's game over.

At least that's what happened in the sad saga of me versus the squirrels.

[ET Awful]

3. Soon the bunnies will be immune and will be raiding Tabasco bottling

facilities worldwide in the never ending quest for world vegetable domination.

Today Tabasco, tomorrow, the Pace Picante factory, which I understand is made by people who know what Picante sauce is supposed to taste like.

[AmerDem]

2. I garden as a hobby

using pepper concoctions are very common. Most time they are used in a mixture of soap/pepper.

[phatkatt]

4. That's how I keep my dogs from chewing on certain things

It works

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Tabasco...mmmmmmhhhhhhh.

I've been addicted to the stuff since being a young marine and learning to put it on damn near everything including a couple of shots in beer. It's something that America can truly be proud of. Unique and incomparable. The Champagne of hot sauces.