160 year battle against one of Australia's worst invasives 🐇 | Meet the Ferals Ep 6 | ABC Australia

Australia has had a 160 year long battle to control the spread of hordes of hungry, rapidly multiplying rabbits, to prevent the damage they cause to farms. 📺Watch the full series here:    • Meet The Ferals | Landline | ABC Australia  

Ep 1: Covet, catch or cull: managing feral horses in Australia 🐎    • Covet, catch or cull: managing feral horse...  
Ep 2: Feral cats - Australia's native animal annihilators 😼🦜    • Feral cats - Australia's native animal ann...  
Ep 3: The complex conundrum of wild deer in Australia 🦌    • The complex conundrum of wild deer in Aust...  
Ep 4: The devastating impact of Australia's wild dogs 🐕    • The devastating impact of Australia's wild...  
Ep 5: Big bucks: feral goats recognised as a serious asset 🐐    • Big bucks: feral goats recognised as a ser...  
Ep 7: Damage, death & disease: devastating effects of wild boars 🐗    • Damage, death & disease: devastating effec...  
Ep 8: Outback camels: culls and carcasses or milk and meat? 🐪    • Outback camels: culls and carcasses or mil...  
Ep 9: Battling to eliminate carp from Australian waterways 🐟    • Battling to eliminate carp from Australian...  

Meet the Ferals looks at the devastating impact feral animals have on Australia's environment and agriculture and how farmers control introduced pests like cats, goats, pigs, rabbits and wild dogs.

Produced and presented by reporter Prue Adams, this series focuses on a different feral animal each episode. The content has been gathered from the three decades Landline has been on air, with background information and support provided through the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions.

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