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This page contains links to selected media reports on rabbit issues and rabbit control. Please contact us if you see anything that should be included.

ECOS Magazine article, Dec 2011

ECOS magazine, now an online based publication produced by the CSIRO, has published the timely article entitled: Rabbits' resurgence puts the bush under pressure By Rachel Sullivan.

Rabbits are back – in increasing numbers, posing a major threat to Australia’s recovering landscapes. Read the full article at: www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC11137

Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE  - Monday 11 October, 2010
SA leading research to control rabbit populations 
Biosecurity SA is collaborating with international experts, in Adelaide this week, to find improved biological ways to control rabbit populations. 
Click here to read full news release.

New research role to boost rabbit control
Efforts to reduce the destructive impact of rabbits have been enhanced with the appointment by Industry & Investment (I&I) NSW of research scientist Tarnya Cox to develop monitoring and release strategies for new strains of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV).
Click here to veiw the full article. (Article source : Get Farming Australia)

RHDV story on ABC TV Landline program, March 2007

The ABC TV program Landline featured a story on rabbits and RHDV on March 25. The story looked back over the 11 years that RHDV has been active in the Australian environment and how it has impacted on rabbit populations during that time. It also focused on what the virus is doing now, and highlighted the issue of the apparent development of resistance to RHDV in some rabbit populations.

Both the transcript and a video of the story are available on the Landline website at http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1878793.htm.

Joint funding for eradication of rabbits on Macquarie Island

RFA has received letters from both the Hon. Paula Wriedt, MHA, Minister for Tourism, Arts & the Environment, Tasmania, and the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Resources thanking the Foundation for their interest in the eradication of rabbits and rodents on Macquarie Island. Both Ministers informed us that the Tasmanian and Commonwealth Governments have agreed to jointly fund the Plan to eradicate the rabbits and rodents there.

The Tasmanian Government is committing $8million in 2009/10 and in 2010/11, and a further $2.3m in each of the final two years. The Commonwealth has also committed to $12.3 million.

RFA applauds both Ministers, and the Tasmanian and Commonwealth Governments,
for their commitment to protect Macquarie Island for future generations.

Read the Ministers’ media releases at:
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/env/2007/pubs/mr04jun07.pdf
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/showItem.php?id=652
http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=21869

Aricles of Interest

Australia after rabbits, ECOS Magazine, 2003. Issue 116: pp 16-19.
Since its escape from Wardang Island, SA, in 1995 rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) has caused massive mortalities in Australia's rabbit populations. The crash in rabbit numbers is giving cause for cautious optimism as pastoralists and researchers record the impact on native flora and fauna and on agriculture, and work to keep the populations pinned down.