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Ingolstadt (dpa / lby) - After heavy criticism from citizens and animal rights activists, the Ingolstadt city administration canceled a planned rabbit hunt in a park.
The garden department of the Upper Bavarian city wanted to significantly reduce the number of rodents in Klenzepark by hunting in the coming weeks.
A spokesman for the city announced on Tuesday that this will now be waived.
Several media had previously reported on the cancellation.
At the weekend, the "Donaukurier" reported that the head of the garden department estimates the number of rabbits in the park at more than 1,000.
He said the animals destroyed the plantings.
The authorities wanted to use ferrets for hunting.
With this hunting method, the ferrets shoo the rabbits out of the burrow, then the rodents should be caught and “disposed of in an animal-friendly manner”.
According to the city, this statement in particular caused "irritation".
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Among other things, an online petition was started.
The Ingolstadt Animal Welfare Association reported "many outraged reactions" and announced that they would seek a solution with the city's gardening department.
The city will now examine whether other measures can control the strongly increased rabbit population, the spokesman said.
The animals could possibly be kept away from the flowerbeds by strongly smelling plants.
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