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Can Bilbies survive low density cat predation?
Two recent articles suggest that bilbies can persist under low predation levels from feral cats, but the ‘threshold question’ remains open. Is there a threshold... Continue reading→
Rabbit-free Research Opportunity
The TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve at Koonamore is the longest-running vegetation monitoring site of its kind in Australia – and site data is now readily... Continue reading→
Resurgent RHDV K5?
Low rabbit numbers on an Eyre Peninsula property may be due to an increase in RHDV K5 during cooler months – a result anticipated by... Continue reading→
Diverse genetics indicates diverse origins
Australia’s feral rabbits fall into three primary genetic lineages, with three other highly localised ones, according to a recently published research paper. The results suggest... Continue reading→
Virus immunity in young rabbits
CSIRO funded researchers have discovered why young rabbits are immune to RHDV1, but not RHDV2. It seems that young rabbits have a naturally heightened immune... Continue reading→
Learning Networks spread rabbit control
The Victorian Rabbit Action Network is running a training program to help people develop local rabbit control groups, or ‘learning networks’. Participants in the 2.5... Continue reading→
Remarkable conservation – rabbit, rodent & cat removal
Macquarie Island’s rebirth continues following the removal of rabbits, rodents and cats. Described as one of the most remarkable stories of conservation in Australia (if... Continue reading→
Killing wild rabbits conserves native mammals
Ecological modellers have shown how reducing wild rabbit numbers helps maintain small native mammals. Benefits for small mammals occur when 30-40% of rabbits are removed... Continue reading→
How to monitor Bilbies
The Martu people of the western deserts are involved in developing a bilby monitoring program, combining traditional knowledge and scientific techniques. Robust monitoring is critical... Continue reading→
Synergistic disease dynamics
Combing 17 years of field data on wild rabbit mortality and a model of rabbit populations has provided researchers with insight to the interactions between... Continue reading→
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→