Pedro Allison News Today

Newsroom Landowners say if better control measures are not introduced immediately an ecological disaster is just around the corner. A new breed of rabbit has arrived on the scene in Central Otago: the ‘lifestyle rabbit’. With the growth in new multi-million dollar homes and subdivisions comes a headache for landowners. Ihug co-founder Tim Wood now avoids some parts of his 10-acre rural Wakatipu idyll because it’s too depressing to see his plantings and landscaping trashed by rabbits yet a...

Rabbits march on Queenstown © Provided by Newsroom Watch: Part 2 - A new breed of rabbit has arrived on the scene in Central Otago: the ‘lifestyle rabbit’. With the growth in new multimillion homes and subdivisions comes a headache for landowners. Ihug co-founder Tim Wood now avoids some parts of his 10-acre rural Wakatipu idyll because it’s too depressing to see his plantings and landscaping trashed by rabbits yet again. “It looks beautiful from a distance, but when you get up close...