Original sentence: Locations include the British Isles (from 1066 with the Norman invasion; as of November 2004 there were about 40 million European Rabbits in Britain), Laysan Island (1903) and Lisianski Island in the Hawaiian Islands; Macquarie Island; Smith Island, San Juan Island (around 1900) later spreading to the other San Juan Islands; Australia and New Zealand
Edited sentence: (As of 2004 there were about 40 million European Rabbits in Britain), Laysan Island (1903) and Lisianski Island in the Hawaiian Islands; Macquarie Island; Smith Island, San Juan Island (around 1900) later spreading to the other San Juan Islands; Australia and New Zealand.Citing Marcus Terrentius Varro (116-27BC) who wrote that the legions brought rabbits from Spain, where they were reared in walled enclosures and then served up as a gourmet dish.Locations include the British Isles contrary to belief the Normans did not introduce the rabbit as a food source in 1066 although it is possible they brought more, A archaeological dig in Norfolk near Thetford in 2005 Reported by the Telegraph uncovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old rabbit - by far the oldest of its kind found on these shores The Norfolk archaeological Unit dated the rabbit to the first or second century AD.The bones had been butchered and regarded as final proof.The creatures are now on the list of what the Romans ever did for us