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Rabbits reached plague proportions in late-19th-century Marlborough. Trapping rabbits and processing their meat into a canned product gave rise to this colourful artwork on cans around 1900, but did little to reduce their numbers.
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Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-130
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