The latest national rabbit management plan says a long-term and strategic commitment to new biocontrols is needed to protect landscapes, farm productivity and threatened native species from the ...

Land Information New Zealand will release calicivirus K5 in some areas of the Residential Red Zone to manage a significant increase in rabbit numbers. “A survey in the spring by our bio-security ...

New legislation affecting the control of rabbits, rats and moles on farms is due to come into force in nine months. From 26 November, farmers and gamekeepers will need to hold a certificate of ...

Commercial pest control operators have raised serious concerns about the release of the new strain of the rabbit killing calicivirus. The virus, known as K5, is the latest biological weapon to control ...

A new strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (calicivirus) is expected to be introduced from South Korea within two years as Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce vows to increase farm profits with ...

A property owner’s plea to clear a “rabbit plague” from his Okere Falls property has raised questions over who is ultimately responsible for pest control in the region. Other than an informal ...

A Christchurch pet owner is worried his rabbits were wiped out by a virus used for pest control following reports of other deaths across the country. SUPPLIED / The-Press A Christchurch rabbit family ...

Wilma was shot after being mistaken for a rabbit (Picture: Solent News) A pet dog was shot dead just yards from its owner’s house after being mistaken for a rabbit by a hotel’s pest controller. John ...

A new strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (calicivirus) is expected to be introduced from South Korea within two years as Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce vows to increase farm profits with ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from SA News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A new strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (calicivirus) is expected to be introduced from South ...