Landcare managers are using digital technology to tackle Phillip Island’s rabbit problem. 🐇 | bpreiss
The warrens will then be fumigated, to bring Phillip Island’s rabbit population under control.Aaron Stephens is bad news for the rascally rabbits of Phillip Island.
Across Australia, there are so many rabbits that governments have all but given up attempting to eradicate them and mostly just endeavour to keep their numbers down.It is not clear how many rabbits have spread across Phillip Island, but its isolated geography presents an opportunity to dramatically reduce their populations.
Stephens said rabbit populations needed to be controlled now because the absence of predators, including foxes, could result in a giant increase in rabbit colonies.Wet summers and increased food supply may also have contributed to higher rabbit numbers.