Rabbits cost Australian farmers more than $200 million yearly in lost production.
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00:06Rabbits cost Australian farmers more than $200 million a year in lost production.
00:11In Victoria, an estimated population of 60 million rabbits is causing damage to more than a million hectares of farmland every 12 months.
00:20Rabbits are highly reproductive and a single pair can produce up to 184 offspring within an 18 month period.
00:27It means the state needs a staggering 400 kilometres of rabbit proof fencing.
00:31Agriculture Victoria gives a four step approach to managing rabbits called the Rabbit Recipe.
00:37This involves allowing biological control and natural mortality to reduce the rabbit population,
00:43baiting to reduce numbers, destroying warrens known as ripping and lastly following up with fumigation and further warren destruction.
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