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Whether a species is invasive or not might depend on a number of factors. The European hare is considered a native species of Europe and a valuable one at that. But the same species imported into Australia has been disastrous. Google has this to say about the problem: “Rabbits are a serious environmental and agricultural pest in Australia. They were introduced for sport hunting in the late 18th century, but their rapid reproduction rate led to millions of rabbits. Rabbits cost the Australian economy over $200 million per year. They compete with livestock for food, damage crops, and destabilize the land. Rabbits overgraze, which can lead to soil erosion, the collapse of indigenous plants, and the decline of native animals. They may have also caused the extinction of several small ground dwelling mammals. Rabbits threaten the survival of more than 300 Australian native species, including 24 critically endangered species.” Are these rabbits truly native to Earth, or are they an interloper-introduced invasive species? If native, then is this a wholly human-created problem, or were the humans who brought them to Australia for “sport” influenced to do that by the interlopers? What can Creator tell us?
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