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High hopes for wild rabbit control
PIRSA, NRM and Landcare groups across South Australia are part of a national release of the RHDV1-K5 virus and there are high hopes it will... Continue reading→
Prepare now for RHDV1 K5
Landholders and pet rabbit owners alike are being urged to prepare for the March, 2017 release of the K5 strain of RHDV1 (calici virus), at... Continue reading→
Rabbits raid $1million of lettuces
A family of feral bunnies can eat $1 million worth of lettuce in a year, and that is why producers in the Lockyer Valley are... Continue reading→
PhD opportunity. Ferals and Food Webs.
Can controlling rabbits control feral cats? The University of Tasmania is offering research opportunities in Tasmania, South Australia and New Zealand. For more information see... Continue reading→
Predator Free NZ
Plans have been announced for New Zealand to be predator free by 2050. The initial targets will be rats, possums and stoats. The news has... Continue reading→
Rabbits add pressure on snow gums
As if snow gums didn’t have enough to contend with as temperatures rise, rabbits are now an additional pressure. Ken Green of Australia’s National Parks... Continue reading→
Phone app to help monitor rabbit disease
The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre has released an app to record sightings of diseased rabbits and to request a tissue sampling kit so the... Continue reading→
Barking up the wrong tree – rabbits a major threat to rangeland vegetation
A recent paper in the Rangeland Journal has concluded that attempts to preserve plant biodiversity by removing livestock are destined to fail in rabbit-grazed rangelands.... Continue reading→
Key Facts about rabbit biocontrol
Notes about the history of rabbits and biocontrols in Australia have been uploaded to the PestSmart website. For more information see the Key Facts. Continue reading→
Rabbit control trials announced
The Australian Government has announced that the RHDV1 K5 virus will be released in 2017 at more than 600 trial sites across the nation. For... Continue reading→
RFA AGM Nov 17th, 2016
The AGM for Rabbit Free Australia will be held at the Santos Conservation Centre (Adelaide Zoo) on Thursday Nov 17th, from 2:00 PM. In addition... Continue reading→
RFA supports the Koonamore Appeal
Rabbit Free Australia is pleased to support the Koonamore Appeal, to maintain rabbit-proof fencing on the iconic Koonamore ecological monitoring site. The ongoing success of the... Continue reading→