Easter Bilby’s Friends offers lots of activities for children over Easter. Enjoy the Banjo Frog Activity Sheets, Learn about native Australian animals from Information Sheets, or Get your copy of Banjo Frog’s Concert Spectacular from a book store near you. They are all available through the Easter Bilby’s Friends website.
Easter Bilby is excited to join his friends for Banjo Frog’s Concert Spectacular. But something’s wrong! Can Easter Bilby help his friends and save the concert? That’s the story that unfolds in ‘Banjo Frog’s Concert Spectacular’, a glorious new children’s book released just in time for Easter. Supported by the Easter Bilby’s Friends website housing […]
For the latest information on rabbit control research and best practice rabbit control, register for the 2024 Rabbit R&D Webinar. The Webinar will also cover research showing how rabbits are still harming the environment. Co-hosted by Rabbit-Free Australia and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) the free two hour Webinar will bring together leading […]
Effective rabbit control requires the planned integration of different control techniques, but a recent paper in the Journal of Pest Science by Taggart et al concluded that ‘Land managers view RHDV as a ‘silver bullet’ and release it to avoid applying more expensive but more effective control methods’. This conclusion was reached after the authors […]
Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia has released a Discussion Paper outlining the case for a National Rabbit Management Coordinator, following broad consultation and in response to regulalry seeing first hand the need for such a position. A National Rabbit Coordinator would be expected to reinvigorate interest in rabbit control, promote relevant training, and stimulate the provision of […]
Rabbits seem to be a growing problem in urban and peri-urban areas around Australia. They cause problems ranging from raiding the veggie patch to undermining houses and sheds, and they can cause significant stress for the people affected. It is not just the physical damage they inflict but also the personal stress of having to […]
A recent analysis shows that wild rabbits in Australia developed resistance to myxomavirus in a stepped manner, with the second step likely triggered by the introduction of European rabbit fleas. It poses the question of whether further changes in resistance occurred following the advent of RHDV and RHDV2, but no such studies have been undertaken […]
An entertaining Blog by ecologist John Read reveals the dedication of researchers, sheds light on how rabbits sustain feral cats and foxes resulting in hyper-predation of native fauna, and shows how tricky it can be to understand why species are where they are. Follow the link to read John’s Blog, ‘Sharing the secret. Better than […]
A future climate with more heatwaves could leave rabbits more exposed to heat stress and predators – that’s one of the insights from a recent study at Arid Recovery’s wildlife reserve in South Australia. Monitoring collars were fitted to rabbits and bilbies in the reserve to record their location and activity, and the temperature and […]
Want to help promote research into better rabbit management and stay up to date with news of the latest developments in rabbit control? Then now is the time to Join Us as a Member at Rabbit-Free Australia. As a member, you will receive regular newsletters with the latest rabbit and rabbit-research related news. You’ll also […]