Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say
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.
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