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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. RHDV story on ABC TV Landline program, March 2007The 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 IslandRFA 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, Read the Ministers’ media releases at: Aricles of InterestAustralia after rabbits, ECOS Magazine, 2003. Issue 116: pp 16-19. |