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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

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

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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