Author name: Rabbit Watch

The following steps are critical if you are wanting a successful baiting program on your property. Share this information with your neighbours otherwise you might find their rabbits moving in once you have eradicated your fluffle of bunnies. Pindone Rabbit Bait must only be used in a Bait Station. It is illegal to broadcast Pindone

Rabbit population management We are going to outline to you how to really make an impact on your rabbit population so we can win the war on this common enemy. One of the key words there is common, you really are going to need all your neighbours on board if you want to defeat this

Traditionally simple snares are made of wire or cord, though other materials can be used including plant and animal fibres, and placed along existing animal travel routes, or along the anticipated path of travel an animal may use when approaching bait or other attractant. A traditional snare is a running noose with the free end

CSL is designed for people who carry out pest control and border control using extremely toxic substances called VTA (Vertebrate Toxic Agents) or extremely toxic gases called Fumigants. WorkSafe control the registration process for all persons who work with Cyanide, DRC1339, PAPP and Sodium fluoroacetate for controlling pest animals and border control fumigation products, Chloropicrin,

This course is for people applying Pindone pellets broadcast and Pindone Liquid baited carrots to control rabbits. Pindone is not a Controlled Substance Licence (CSL) product because it is not a 6.1A, 6.1B Classification Vertebrate Toxic Agent (VTA) neither does it require a Certified Handlers Certificate. HSW:HS Regulations 2017. Pindone Liquid is classified 6.1C Toxic,

Rabbit counts will be conducted at night using a thermal telescope. Due to the safety issues that arise from operating on steep and rugged terrain at night we will be using mostly static counts. The thermal telescopes enable accurate counting over areas up to 5 -6 hectare from the point of observation and can record

Plan Rule 6.4.6.1 An occupier within the Otago region shall control feral rabbit densities on the land they occupy to at or below Level 3 on the Modified McLean Scale. Plan Rule 6.4.6.2 Note: This is designated a good neighbour rule An occupier within the Otago region shall, upon receipt of a written direction from an

To Protect or not to protect? Plant guards or tree protectors placed around newly planted native seedlings are sometimes used to provide protection from wind on exposed sites or during hot dry months, and reduce browsing by animals such as rabbits and hares. Selection and use of plant guards will hinge on a number of