Scientists ponder high rabbit population Complications in the eradication plans raise questions By ABC online - 24th October 2000 - Back to News Tell us your opinion See what others have said Scientists believe they have worked out why Gippsland's rabbit populations have not been significantly reduced by the calisi virus. Rabbits in other drier areas of the state, particularly the north-west, have almost been wiped out by the disease.
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