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Various methods in the 20th century have been attempted to control the Australian rabbit population. Conventional methods include shooting rabbits and destroying their warrens, but these had only limited success. From 1901 to 1907, a rabbit-proof fence was built in Western Australia in an unsuccessful attempt to contain the rabbits.
European rabbits in Australia 2004 Load of over 3,800 rabbits at Mudgee caught during 1919 plague Rabbits around a waterhole at the myxomatosis trial enclosure on Wardang Island in 1938 Boy with rabbits caught during plague in 1949 near Kerang Rabbits in Warren, New South Wales during a plague in 1949 Releasing the Myxoma virus for Rabbits c. 1937 Wild rabbit in Australia The Rabbit-Proof ...
For example, the CSIRO released myxoma virus to control wild rabbits in Australia. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease escaped containment from an Australian Government research facility and spread across Australia. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease was subsequently legalised for the control of wild rabbits.
This method is used on select animals and is species specific, such as to control the rabbit population in Australia. It involves spreading a disease, for example "rabbit calicivirus disease", [20] through bait or through capture and release programs. The aim is to have the disease spread through the targeted species population to reduce their ...
The virus created strong selection pressure for the evolution of rabbits resistant to myxomatosis. As rabbits became more resistant the viral strains responded by becoming less virulent. [5] Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus has also been used to control wild rabbit populations in Australia since 1995. [41]
Frank John Fenner (21 December 1914 – 22 November 2010) was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology.His two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, [2] and the attempted control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus.
Cartoon about the rabbit fence, 1884 Gate in the Rabbit Fence at Stanthorpe, Queensland, 1934. The Darling Downs–Moreton Rabbit Board fence is a pest-exclusion fence constructed between 1893 and 1997 to keep rabbits out of farming areas in Queensland, Australia. It is managed by the Darling Downs–Moreton Rabbit Board. [1]
CSIRO Hut, also known as the Rabbiters Hut, is an Australian alpine hut in the Kosciuszko National Park. The hut was built by the CSIRO in 1963 as a base camp for researchers investigating methods of controlling rabbits in Australia. It was located in the north-eastern region of Snowy Plain, where the region's rabbit population was high.