Rabbit Research: Latest findings.
Webinar presentations and references now available: all the latest rabbit research findings from CISS and Rabbit-Free Australia.
Webinar presentations and references now available: all the latest rabbit research findings from CISS and Rabbit-Free Australia.
Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) and are hosting an on-line Rabbit R&D Update on Monday, March 21, 2022. Themes for the Update are rabbit bio-control and awareness raising, with emphasis on: Environmental and economic benefits of rabbit control How RHDV is working and implications for RHDV-K5 releases Raising […]
RHDV should not be released when young rabbits are about, as they can develop life-long immunity.
Rabbits wrought untold damage to Australian landscapes, but rabbit bio-controls have been incredibly successful in triggering environmental recovery across massive areas of Australia.
Rabbits change entire ecosystems from the bottom up, and a couple of recent articles provide great examples of this, demonstrating how interconnected our environment is. It all starts with rabbits eating native vegetation; often very selectively taking out seedlings of the tastiest species. They are so good at this that they can completely prevent the […]
Rains have triggered a native fauna recovery – thanks to RHDV.
Landholders and agencies providing a great example of integrated rabbit control.
Nearly 4,000 blood samples from rabbits across Australia help explain the spread of RHDV2
Biological controls have been the only effective measure to suppress European wild rabbits across Australia to date, providing opportunities for subsequent control through physical measures like ripping and baiting. However the virulence of bio-controls declines over time as the control agent and rabbits evolve, so a ‘pipeline’ of new control agents is necessary to avoid […]
Landholders collaborate to control rabbits, cats and foxes in southern WA.