This page contains links to selected media reports on rabbit issues and rabbit control.
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Gene drive questions
Gene drive technology (a way to spread a specific gene through a species) may have potential for feral animal control (especially in isolated pest populations),... Continue reading→
Disease synergies aid rabbit control
Exposure of rabbits to the myxoma virus renders them less likely to survive RHDV, according to a soon to be published research paper. The research,... Continue reading→
Compassionate conservation fails to conserve
An article by Peter Fleming concludes that ‘compassionate conservation’ (an approach focused on the ‘well-being of individual wild animals’) has the capacity to do harm... Continue reading→
Is the future fenced?
An article by Michael Bode highlights the importance of fox and cat control for fauna conservation,and muses about how good it would be if methods... Continue reading→
RHDV2 reduces wild rabbit numbers
Following the arrival of RHDV2, European wild rabbit numbers dropped to around 20% of the average over the preceding ten years, according to recently published... Continue reading→
Less rabbit baiting following RHDV
The use of poisoned oats to control wild rabbits has decreased in South Australia, following the introduction of RHDV. After RHDV spread through SA in... Continue reading→
Turretfield comes up trumps
‘Rabbit histories’, tracking the mortality of over 4,000 rabbits, are now available from a long-term monitoring site at Turretfield Research Centre in South Australia. For... Continue reading→
Are bilbies hard-wired to avoid dingoes?
Bilbies may be more likely to avoid dingoes than cats, if their reaction to dog and cat faeces is anything to go by. Research by... Continue reading→
K5 taking hold in NZ
The RHDV1 K5 virus is beginning to take hold in the Otago region of New Zealand. Landholders are urged to take advantage and follow-up with... Continue reading→
Rabbits – Criminals of the animal world.
Rabbits and foxes are ‘criminals of the animal world’ due to their impact on native plants and animals, according to park authorities in the Australian... Continue reading→
Calici helps Mulgara recovery
Reduced rabbit populations since the introduction of the Calici virus are a factor in the recovery of the Crest-tailed Mulgara. Thought to be extinct in... Continue reading→
Myxo helps Calici virus
Wild rabbits exposed to Myxomatosis are more susceptible to RHDV (Calici virus), compared to rabbits without prior exposure. That is the conclusion of researchers looking... Continue reading→