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Parts of the South Island experienced a series of dry seasons in the mid-1980s. These allowed high survival rates among young rabbits, and numbers increased alarmingly. In the Mackenzie Country and Central Otago numbers reached a level not seen since the late 1940s. The video clip shows swarms of rabbits in the Mackenzie Country at the time, but cannot fully show their profound impact on the vegetation.
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