Farewell to Old England Forever
Mirranda Burton
This rabbit X-ray refers to the pests that were brought to Australia on the First Fleet and which now number in their hundreds of millions. Recent favourable conditions have seen the population boom, leading to calls for federal support to fast-track the next rabbit biocontrol virus. Rabbits cost the Australian agricultural sector $200 million a year, twice as much as do foxes and mice. They also threaten double the number of native species compared to other introduced animals.