Techniques used to manage rabbit populations:

Rabbbit proof fencing was used to varying degrees of success to control the spread of the rabbit and to aid in the management of controling an isolated population. The above photo compares the difference in vegetation cover between a paddock grazed by rabbits (left) and a paddock with no rabbit population (right).

Warren ripping when combined with other methods such as poisioning or fumigation (below) is an effective method of rabbit control. To be successful in sustaining low numbers or elimimate the rabbit population it is essential to have rabbit proof fences.

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