Where to get rabbits in qld

Read Queensland Health medicines and poisons for more information. Poison baits must always be used in accordance with the product label directions or the conditions of an Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority APVMA minor use permit and the requirements of Queensland Health departmental standards. Pre-feeding is required when using because rabbits will not readily take new feed. Poison-free bait should be laid at least 3 times over 1 week before poisoned bait is laid.

Pindone Pindone is an anticoagulant registered for rabbit control. This poison works by preventing blood from clotting. In Queensland, it is not recommended for broadacre use and is mainly used in urban areas and near farm buildings. Although pre-feeding is not essential, it does enhance bait uptake by shy rabbits, which get used to feed prior to poison bait being laid.

Feeding over a number of nights provides plenty of opportunity for most of the rabbit population to consume the required lethal dose. Rabbits poisoned with pindone usually die in days. Pindone baiting does not work well when lots of green pick exists for rabbits. Fumigation Fumigation is labour-intensive, time-consuming, and generally ineffective if used alone.

However, it may be a good alternative in areas where ripping is not practical e. For best results, fumigation should be carried out in 2 stages - initially, before breeding season starts to reduce breeding stock and again during the breeding season. Biological control Myxomatosis and RHDV need to be incorporated into a management strategy with other control techniques. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus also known as rabbit calicivirus disease RHDV is a virus specific to rabbits, which works by infecting the lining of the throat, lungs, gut and liver.

RHDV relies primarily on direct rabbit-to-rabbit contact to spread. Therefore, high rabbit numbers are needed before this control method will be effective. Myxomatosis Myxomatosis is no longer produced as a laboratory strain. But field strains are still known to recur and affect rabbit populations. Trapping Trapping is extremely labour-intensive, and requires a skilled operator to set the traps to successfully capture rabbits.

Cage trap Has a lever that closes the cage when a rabbit steps on it. Rabbits are lured into the cage with bait - usually diced carrot. Traps need to be disabled and left open for nights with bait leading into cage. This entices rabbits to enter.

Traps can be set once rabbits have consumed the trail of bait all the way into trap. Traps should be checked and emptied regularly - usually 2 times per night. Barrel trap Designed specifically for rabbits. Cylindrical, made of light mesh, about 1m long and 15cm diameter. This trap has 1 open end with 2 hinged trapdoors inside. Open end is placed in burrow, hinged gates close and trap the rabbit after it enters from burrow.

All burrow entrances need a trap placed in them, or be closed so that the only way out is through a trap. Traps can be left in the burrow entrance for a number of days. However, must be checked at least daily so that any caught rabbit does not suffer and animal welfare responsibilities are met. Exclusion fencing Built to keep rabbits out of a particular area. Appropriate for small, high-value areas that require protection.

Fully fenced areas will only remain rabbit-free if all rabbits are removed from the enclosed area after fencing and the fence is regularly maintained and checked for holes. Rabbit-proof fence should be made of wire mesh netting 40mm or smaller and at least mm high. Netting should also be buried to depth of at least mm.

Gates into fenced area also need to be rabbit-proof. It is also prone to damage from other pest animals and stock. Shooting Shooting is most useful when used for removal after other control methods such as ripping. For best results, shoot when rabbits are active.

A vet set out on the four-hour drive to deliver him to the sanctuary in Grafton that night. Asked about the attempt to pass him off as a guinea pig, Cooney laughed. State legislation requires the humane disposal of any rabbits found in Queensland, which Cooney says allows for the animals to remain alive — though the typical procedure is for animals to be euthanised.

Having lived in Queensland before she retired to NSW to set up the rabbit sanctuary just over eight years ago, she took the laws as a given. An example of activities permitted solely off the regular enclosure site include persons in the business of conducting magic performances at children's parties. You will also need to submit a management plan that gives detailed information on how you propose to exhibit and deal with the rabbit on a daily basis.

Identifying the animal management issues relevant to animal welfare, human health, safety and wellbeing, social amenity, the economy and the environment are all key concepts that would need to be covered in a management plan. These key concepts refer to the relevant risks and adverse effects of exhibiting and dealing with the species and are referred to as your 'general exhibition and dealing obligation'. Rabbits are category B animals and all species under this category must be exhibited once in each calendar month.

If you exhibit a rabbit at more than 1 event throughout the day, to which the audience is predominantly the same, these events are not considered 2 separate occasions. Private events, taking photos or filming the event and posting footage of the event on the internet, or any other similar activities are considered exhibiting the animal and these activities must be detailed in the management plan. Exhibiting an animal in this way does not count towards the minimum exhibit requirements unless it is for film and television production in the form of a story, narrative or documentary.

Licence holders must also keep records which detail information such as which exhibits are off the regular enclosure site or exhibit times on the regular enclosure site. Record keeping requirements such as these are recorded in the Exhibited Animals Regulation and must be complied with at all times. The exhibition licence approving a rabbit for exhibit will list the permitted activities for the rabbit as outlined in the management plan.

For example, you may submit a management plan detailing how you wish to exhibit a rabbit in a magic show off the regular enclosure site. The exhibition licence would record that the rabbit is approved to do certain activities for exhibition only off the regular enclosure site.