Welcome to RabbitScan Phillip Island, a new tool to help coordinate the monitoring and control of rabbits on Phillip Island. The Phillip Island community and land managers can now use this resource to effectively control rabbits by:

Rabbits are identified as a key threatening process to biodiversity in Australia. They not only damage native vegetation, spread weeds and cause erosion. High rabbit numbers allow other feral animals such as feral cats and foxes to proliferate and can also undermine buildings and damage crops and pasture. It is a legal responsibility (as part of the Catchment and Land Protection Act, 1994) of each landowner/ manager to control rabbits on their property. Rabbits don’t recognise property boundaries, which makes them a community problem that we must all tackle together.

 

The most effective way to control rabbits is to use a range of integrated control techniques. The most efficient and long lasting strategy is to stop them from breeding by destroying warren systems, removing harbour and blocking them off from getting under your house or wood pile. These breeding areas need to be mapped so that they can be revisited later to check for reinvasion. Successful rabbit control is a long term commitment, there is no quick fix and it requires a sustained effort.

 

Are you interested in joining or starting a local rabbit action group in your local area on Phillip Island? To find out more, contact Robbie.gray@basscoastlandcare.org.au

 

 

 

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We will produce a regular newsletter that will be accessible from here. Please check back soon to read the latest Newsletter.

 

Come along to the next rabbit control meeting on Thursday 1st September at Rhyll Mechanics Institute - Find out more, contact Robbie Gray (BCLN Pest Animal Coodinator) on Mob. 0448 386 724. E-mail Robbie.gray@basscoastlandcare.org.au

 

 

 

 

 

Youtube tutorial (available soon)