This page contains links to selected media reports on rabbit issues and rabbit control.
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Shooters Checklist
Shooting can be a valuable part of a rabbit control program, whether it be for hunting remnant rabbits or in situations were other controls are...Continue reading→
Rabbit R&D Webinar 2026 Presentations
The 2026 Rabbit R&D Webinar had a theme of ‘new tech for traditional control’, covering topics of: Monitoring and recording rabbits and warrens Optimising RHDV-K5...Continue reading→
Profiling myxomavirus
Evolutionary changes have been identified within myxoma strains in Australia. The research, supported by Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia, could have practical outcomes for future biocontrols....Continue reading→
Turretfield Tissue Library
Over thirty five years worth of tissue and blood samples from Australia’s longest running rabbit monitoring site at Turretfield Research Centre (SA) were at risk...Continue reading→
Rabbit R&D Webinar 2026: Register now
Registration is now open for the 2026 Rabbit R&D Webinar, available here. This year the theme is ‘Rabbit management: New technologies for best practice rabbit control’. The...Continue reading→
RATs for rabbit diseases
Laboratory analysis is currently required to determine if rabbits have had RHDV or other lagoviruses (diseases of rabbits and hares). A Rapid Antigen Test suitable...Continue reading→
Drought: Time for rabbit control
Rabbit-Free Australia has been advocating nationally for strategic rabbit control, especially warren ripping, to be a standard component of drought relief and regional resilience programs....Continue reading→
Koonamore Reserve 100th birthday
100 years ago the most degraded part of a pastoral property near Yunta (SA) was fenced off to study the recovery of vegetation once stock...Continue reading→
Peri-Urban Rabbit Control
Rabbits are popping up in urban and peri-urban areas across the nation and can be difficult to control. Fewer control options are available and communities...Continue reading→
Mapping warrens from space: Wombats & rabbits
Natarsha McPherson and Bertram Ostendorf have recently published on a project from the Nullarbor Plains, ‘Detecting rabbit and wombat warrens in broad-scale satellite imagery’. They...Continue reading→
Why its ‘Bilbies not Bunnies’
Rabbit-Free Australia promotes ‘Bilbies not Bunnies’ because in Spain and Portugal, the home of European wild rabbits, they are mainstays of local ecosystems, bringing widespread...Continue reading→
Could gene drives target rabbit fertility?
Could gene drive technology target the abundant fertility of wild rabbits in Australia, stopping them breeding and being an effective, humane rabbit biocontrol? The 2025...Continue reading→