Sentences with phrase «population of wild rabbits»
The reintroduction, and subsequent impact, of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in a population of wild rabbits in south - western Australia.
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Although Ōkunoshima has a dark history of being Japan's secret chemical weapons production site during World War II, it has been reborn as a tourist attraction thanks to its huge population of wild rabbits.
The virus was later deliberately introduced to the mainland, where it was partially effective in reducing populations of wild rabbits in the coastal fringe of southern Australia.
Myxomatosis is a disease caused by infection with the Myxoma virus, a pathogen deliberately introduced to Australia in an attempt to control populations of wild rabbits.
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In the wild, rabbits stay trim, fit and healthy because they are surrounded by the foods they evolved to eat — rabbit populations thrive in areas that are full of hay, grasses, and other plants that help them reproduce successfully.
This is a flea that is specific for rabbits, it was released into Australia in 1993 to try and aid the spread of Myxomatosis in the wild rabbit population.
But there's a long list of other pests he's flat out trying to control; wild populations of goats, feral peacocks, rabbits, and the massive samba deer.