Kōrero: Otago region

Rabbits

Rabbits

Rabbits have been highly destructive in Otago – more so than in other South Island districts. This photograph taken in 1997 near Wānaka shows the numbers that can build up. The vegetation in the foreground has been completely stripped, exposing the soil to erosion.

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Otago Daily Times
Photograph by Stephen Jaquiery

Permission of the Otago Daily Times must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Otago region - Climate, plants and animals', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22624/rabbits (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 May 2015