Killer rabbits

Last night I went along to the Queens Park Users Group meeting at the Glass House, Queens Park. Sadly there were only three other local residents. There were a couple of police officers to give a crime report for the area (53 folk were reported to the prosecrator fiscal for drinking in the park in july apparently) and the council were well represented, with the Area manager, the local development officer and Parks manager all there but it would be good to have more local folk involved. The guys from the council very helpful, they chaired the meeting and advised the group on the progress to repair various items within the park, how improvents to the play areas are developing, and the plans to have the stair urns at Victoria Road replaced.
There was also news of a "rabbit problem" - apparently the rabbits are breeding out of control and the foxes are too busy eating out the local bins to bother chasing them. This has resulted in the rabbits going on an eating spree and the council are having constant problems with their planting getting munched as soon as it is in the ground. The Park Managers cat is trying to do its bit, and is getting a couple of rabbits a day but its not really enough. I think they should maybe reintroduce wolves to the park, possibly bears. This would quickly solve the rabbit problem and would probably be a good way of dealing with the kids drinking in the park as well. (Not sure what they do if the bears start breeding out of control though.)
I also had a good chat with Jim Paterson, the man behind the mini festivals that have taken place in different parks in the Southside this summer, including the upcoming fun days in Kings Park on Saturday and Queens Park on Sunday. (For a programme of events click here.) Looks a fun line up, I like the sound of the dog and duck show - one man and his dog but with ducks.

EDIT: Here's some of our photos from the day- It was a fun day with lots going on - my favourites were the falconry show especially when the turkey vulture escaped and pecked a woman on the head, and the excellent dog and duck show. One man and his dog herding a pack of ducks around an assault course. The host was brilliant - like a Victorian circus ring master, the kids absolutely loved it.



minutes of the meeting page 1, page 2, page 3