Rabbit Free Australia - Assessing your rabbit problem

The first step in adaptive pest management is to define the problem and understand as much as possible about the pest. Analysis of rabbit problems is aided by data on:

• Their impact – signs of rabbit damage.
• Their distribution and abundance – where rabbits are found and, especially, where their warrens are. Warrens are crucial to rabbit breeding and therefore a key to their control. Knowing where they feed can help if baiting will be part of the control program.

This page is a resource by Rabbit Free Australia on how to plan adaptive pest management.

There is a good, comprehensive guide for starting to control rabbits,
See https://rabbitfreeaustralia.org.au/assess

Assessment page contents:

• Introduction to Assessment
• Problem definition
  • Rabbit damage
  • Causes of rabbit problems
• Measure the problem
  • Mapping warrens
  • Assessing rabbit abundance
  • Monitoring and recording
• Useful resources
  • References and weblinks
  • Downloads