Stockholm's bunnies burned to keep Swedes warm

The Local ^ | 10/15/09 | Staff

[OldDeckHand]

The bodies of thousands of rabbits culled every year from the parks in Stockholm’s Kungsholmen neighbourhood are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden.

The decision to use Stockholm’s rabbit cadavers as bioenergy to warm Swedes living in Värmland doesn't sit well with Stockholm-based animal rights activists.

“Those who support the culling of rabbits surely think it’s good to use the bodies for a good cause. But it feels like they’re trying to turn the animals into an industry rather than look at the main problem,” Anna Johannesson of Vilda kaniners värn (‘Society for the Protection of Wild Rabbits’) told the local Vårt Kungsholmen newspaper.

Every year, the city of Stockholm kills off thousands of rabbits in an effort to protect trees and shrubbery in the city’s extensive network of parks and green space.

According to Tommy Tuvunger with the Stockholm Traffic Office, the agency responsible for controlling the city’s rodent and wild animal population, part of the problem rests with delinquent pet owners who decide to release their rabbits into the city’s parks.

[OldDeckHand]

Somewhere, the heads of thousands of PETA members are exploding.

New York City may have an inexhaustible energy supply if they elected to do this with their rat population.

[kittymyrib]

Biofuel is one of those green innovations that BO is so keen on. The Swedes are keeping warm and protecting trees, so what’s the prob?

[BenLurkin]

I wonder what that smells like.

[Psycho_Bunny]

They’ll never catch me. Never.

[dfwgator]

And look who they hired to help out.

[Sax]

Ha ha! I love nothing better than putting my feet up on the elephant leg ottoman and digging in to a nice veal cutlet in front of a roaring bunny fire.

[riri]

They should cull off the junkies I see in the parks and use them for bio fuel too.

[J40000]

‘Burning Bunnies’ - sounds like the name of a female punk band

[ConservativeMind]

I’d like to see this done throughout the world.

[Mr. K]

I hope they mike some nice bunny fur coats first

I love bunny pelts

If it was socially acceptable I would drape myself in bunny pelts all the time

[Mr. K]

"I’d like to see this done throughout the world."

Only with lawyers

[SvenMagnussen]

Kentucky Derby winner whipped as he crosses finish line first!

You see? I can write a headline, too.

[Big_Harry]

Who knew that bunnies would burn? The only time I ever saw anything close to a bunny fire was when Dad smoked up the kitchen frying up a batch of bunny. Just think what those crazy muzzie lovin’ Vikings could do with our Canadian geese that love to cover our parks with crap!

[Charles Martel]

"Of course you realize - this means WAR!"

[johnnycap]

I love to watch liberal conundrums. Did you read the article? They froze the bunnies until they were ready to incinerate them. My question is...how much fuel did it cost to keep them frozen? It sounds like Sweden's answer to cash for clunkers. Pay $1B to save people $300MM.

The idea of peace loving Swedes taking to Stockholms parks at dawn with silencers to kill the bunny population is practically mouth watering. Where's the outrage Madame Pelosi??

[dfwgator]

"Where's my Hasenpfeffer!"

[OldDeckHand]

"If it was socially acceptable I would drape myself in bunny pelts all the time"

My wife wanted (and got) a fur coat several years ago precisely because it wasn't "socially acceptable". She swears it's the warmest coat she's ever owned.

[popdonnelly]

The bunnies deserve it for a life spent exhaling carbon dioxide. /s

[DM1]

Personally i wouldnt mind these swedish bunnies keeping me warm. a whole different kind of burning would be going on here though

[SvenMagnussen]

They froze the bunnies until they were ready to incinerate them. My question is...how much fuel did it cost to keep them frozen?

Is this a trick question? My guess ... zero dinars. Utilize International Weather data to find outdoor temperature of Stockholm during winter months.