the solution
I found the answer (thanks to N.F.) but the solution gives me a headache. I would strongly encourage 99% of the readers of the book to not spend time on this problem.
Answer seems to be: rabbit can keep escaping forever. The original problem is worded as lion chasing a man.
For a very terse proof see Littlewood's "A Mathematicians Miscellany".
Best regards,
Philip
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