The rabbits which have overrun the Robben Island former jail and tourist attraction are to be used to feed South Africa's poor, the site's manager says.
Nelson Mandela was held prisoner on the island off Cape Town for most of the 27 years he was in jail and it is now a museum and World Heritage Site.
But its vegetation has been ravaged by tens of thousands of wild rabbits.
A rabbit cull began last month and some 2,000 of them have been buried on the island so far. More...
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