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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Otis Filley

‘Everyone’s on edge about it’: rabbit numbers on Phillip Island reach ‘plague proportions’

A rabbit in a Bass Coast garden where residents battle daily damage from exploding rabbit populations
A rabbit in a garden on Victoria’s Bass Coast, where residents battle daily damage from an exploding rabbit population. Photograph: Otis Filley/The Guardian

Every morning, Peter Bradley and his wife, Vicki, walk around their house to assess the latest damage from rabbits trying to burrow underneath the foundations.

“Everyone’s on edge about it,” the Bass Coast resident says.

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