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Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Jojo the rabbit-detecting dog is working eight days on, two days off, running up to 20km a day chasing rabbits in the south-west of Bon Bon reserve in South Australia’s arid centre. “She’s being kept very busy,” says Dr Pat Taggart, an ecologist with Bush Heritage Australia, a conservation body that owns the former sheep property. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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