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in Sweden are a scourge that destroys the parks, officials say. But not everyone agrees on the treatment.
The use of rabbits to produce biofuel remains split the opinion of the inhabitants of Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

According a local newspaper reported, thousands of rabbits are used as fuel for a plant that feeds the heating system of the city.

Every year thousands of rabbits are slaughtered in Stockholm to protect parks and green spaces.

The rabbits are not native of Sweden, are the offspring of pets that their owners released into the city. According to authorities, these animals are destroying the parks of the capital.

Because they have no natural predator, the city administration employs a group of hunters to kill them. Tommy

Tuvunger, one of these hunters, told the German newspaper Spiegel last year killed about 6,000 rabbits, and this year about 3,000.

"They are a big problem," said Tuvunger. "Once you kill them, keep them in a freezer and when we join enough, a contractor comes and takes them," he added.

frozen rabbits are transferred to a heating plant in Karlskoga, where they are burned to generate heat, which is then distributed by the houses of the city. Dual function



Leo Virta, director of Konvex, the company delivers supplies to the plant, told the BBC that has developed Konvex a new way of processing animal waste with European Union funds.

Through this process, says Virta, pounded the raw animal carcasses and then place them inside a boiler. There are burned with wood chips and peat to produce renewable energy.

"It's a good system because it solves the problem of how to dispose of animal waste while generating heat," says Vita.

However, the reaction was not unanimous, said James Savage, editor of local newspaper in Stockholm.

"In the city where the burn, people did not bother," Savage told the BBC. "But in Stockholm, people have other attitude, where rabbits are considered pets 'soft'. "

" Advocates for animal rights also believe that this is no way to treat them, "Savage concluded.
Taken from BBC
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