Rabbit numbers can vary throughout the year but in spring when there is an abundance of food and they breed more and the numbers can rise drastically across the UK. Rabbits cause endless damage to agricultural crops and forestry. In an article from 2010 the BASC quoted a figure at £250 million worth of damage.

Rabbits also cause problems to areas due to burrowing which in heavily populated rabbit colonies can cause damage to banks along roads, railways and boundaries as well as flooding issues and land collapse. Another problem with burrowing is that it can be harmful to livestock, which may injure themselves in the burrows. Especially in a small paddock or a field where livestock or horses are roaming free.