Bright Eyes writer Mike Batt orders rabbit cull

[Guest buster321c]

Bright Eyes writer Mike Batt orders rabbit cull

The man who composed Bright Eyes, the signature song from the animated film Watership Down, which followed the travails of rabbits searching for a safe haven, has admitted that he has ordered the massacre of hundreds of bunnies on his country estate.

 

In his defence, Mike Batt , who also wrote Remember You're A Womble, claims that his killing spree, or cull, was not in any sense gratuitous. The composer says that he was impelled to hire a marksman to bring down the number of rabbits, which had damaged property and had even chewed through electric cables.

 

A spokesman said Batt, 59, said he felt terrible about the killings. His estate was over-run by lots of rabbits, she said. He deeply regretted it but he had to do it. Batt is a rabbit lover and has kept many as pets, his spokesman added. His ballad Bright Eyes, which was sung by Art Garfunkel, accompanied images of brave rabbits battling their way to freedom in the fillm Watership Down. The real Watership Down, which is said to have inspired Richard Adams's bestselling novel, is on fellow composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's estate, ten miles from Batt's in Farnham, Surrey.

 

But while there is no doubt rabbits can cause damage, Libby Anderson, of the charity Advocates for Animals, feels Batt's actions were a little extreme: We never support culling them, mainly because it is not a sustainable solution, she said. There is also a risk that animals will not be killed outright and will die a lingering and very painful death.

 

So whos been round his house and sorted them then ??

[BlueCoyote 0]

lol liars, you KNOW that man didnt feel one ounce of guilt for having them shot. if he had he would have ordered humane traps or something else equally as silly and useless.

 

all i can say is i doubt the bunnies died horrible lingering deaths! lucky hunter

[Foxgun Tom 75]

What a load of twaddle Watership Down the book and the film written by Richard Adams was not inspired by any geographical location it was inspired by another book by the author R.M. Lockley and its title was "THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE RABBIT" in the introduction. in the 1976 edition of Lockley's book Adam's states that "after relating the story of Watership Down to his children and before he wrote the novel, despite being a country dweller and nature lover, he would need to know a good more about the ways and lives of real rabbits. Otherwise his rabbits would be little better than cute bunnies, (his words paraphrased)

 

Adams also say's in the introduction "I went to a shop and looked on its shelves for a good informative book about the English wild rabbit. Fortune was kind. what I happened upon was "The Private Life of the Rabbit"

For some bunny-hugging spokesman or anyone else to infer that Adam's inspiration came from the area Watership Down rather than Lockley's book is bang out of order, Adams used Lockley's studies as research when it came too writing "Watership Down" Lockley should be given credit where credits due! his book "THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE RABBIT" is a classic on animal behaviour and a must read for anyone pursuing the humble coney

 

Tom

 

Bright Eyes writer Mike Batt orders rabbit cull

The man who composed Bright Eyes, the signature song from the animated film Watership Down, which followed the travails of rabbits searching for a safe haven, has admitted that he has ordered the massacre of hundreds of bunnies on his country estate.

 

In his defence, Mike Batt , who also wrote Remember You're A Womble, claims that his killing spree, or cull, was not in any sense gratuitous. The composer says that he was impelled to hire a marksman to bring down the number of rabbits, which had damaged property and had even chewed through electric cables.

 

A spokesman said Batt, 59, said he felt terrible about the killings. His estate was over-run by lots of rabbits, she said. He deeply regretted it but he had to do it. Batt is a rabbit lover and has kept many as pets, his spokesman added. His ballad Bright Eyes, which was sung by Art Garfunkel, accompanied images of brave rabbits battling their way to freedom in the fillm Watership Down. The real Watership Down, which is said to have inspired Richard Adams's bestselling novel, is on fellow composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's estate, ten miles from Batt's in Farnham, Surrey.

 

But while there is no doubt rabbits can cause damage, Libby Anderson, of the charity Advocates for Animals, feels Batt's actions were a little extreme: We never support culling them, mainly because it is not a sustainable solution, she said. There is also a risk that animals will not be killed outright and will die a lingering and very painful death.

 

So whos been round his house and sorted them then ??

[Foxgun Tom 75]

I have just been informed, but allready knew that Adams was an anti!! he described himself as an animal lover in "THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE RABBIT" I can also firmly place myself in the catogory of animal-lover especially when they're well prepared, cooked at the right temprature for the alloted time and then served with the appropriate sauce/gravy and vegetables or rice

 

Tom

[Guest buster321c]

All right Tom, calm down mate , im just passing on what i though was an ironic little story .

[Foxgun Tom 75]

I'm that calm, I'm nearly comatose, just finished my last bottle of malt with my son and your right the story is ironic

 

Tom

 

All right Tom, calm down mate , im just passing on what i though was an ironic little story .

[Tiff 36]

I wonder if the person who created that lame anti vid on youtube will continue using the "bright eyes" track while trying to show how terrible hunting is?

[The one 8,595]

Somebody seeing sense at last

[BlueCoyote 0]

I wonder if the person who created that lame anti vid on youtube will continue using the "bright eyes" track while trying to show how terrible hunting is?

why is it copy right laws never come to effect when they are REALLY needed??