Landowner Ciaran Keogh says steps to address the problem need to be more collective than individual. "No amount of individual action will make a blind bit of difference to the rabbit population in Moeraki," he said. Each was asked to submit a rabbit management plan. This photo taken in 2017 gives an idea of the rabbit problem Moeraki residents have been dealing with for several years. As chief executive of Environment Southland between 2007 and 2012, he had some experience dealing with pest control, and supported the use of "pest control committees".

Source: Otago Daily Times May 16, 2022 22:37 UTC