Rabbit removal

 Rabbits in Australia can cause injuries to horses and livestock through burrows, disease transmission, competition for resources, and damage to fencing. While specific injury rates may vary, the cumulative impact underscores the need for effective rabbit control measures to protect animal welfare and agricultural productivity. 

We have experience removing rabbits from private, commercial and government property including golf courses, vineyards, horse agistment and horse paddocks, farms, schools, sports fields, public parks, beaches, around housing and public gardens. 

We use specialised equipment to control rabbits in certain environments ensure safety, the humane removal of rabbits within and without their burrows.

Most of our clients on the Central Coast with rabbit problems have horses or other livestock in proximity to rabbits and their burrows, we use silenced small calibre rifles and air rifles to accurately and humanely remove rabbits without spooking or disturbing horses, livestock or neighbours. 

When dens or burrows are located, we can utilise fumigation or concussive techniques to remove rabbit colonies. 

 A female rabbit (doe) can have around 4 to 8 pregnancies per year, with each pregnancy resulting in a litter of 4 to 12 kittens (baby rabbits). So, in total, a rabbit can potentially produce 16 to 96 offspring annually under favorable conditions. 

This high breeding rate is a key factor when considering rabbit removal.

 The wild or feral rabbits on the Central Coast primarily stem from domestic European rabbit breeds introduced centuries ago. While European rabbits are predominant, there are also smaller populations of European hares and domestic breeds turned feral. These populations have widespread ecological and economic consequences in Australia and particularly rabbits on the Central Coast. 

 In NSW, biological control methods for feral rabbits mainly involve using viruses like Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV) and Myxoma Virus to reduce rabbit populations. We do not offer poisoning rabbits with 1080 (Sodium fluoroacetate) or rabbit poisoning with pindone. We prefer to utilise more humane, instantaneous methods to remove feral animals.