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Title

THE OPERATION OF COORDINATED RABBIT CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Authors

I. G. McKillop, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ADAS Worplesdon Laboratory, Guildford, Surrey, England

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1988

Rabbit control organizations in England and Wales were studied between 1978 and 1982. A national survey of existing organizations showed that there were 2 types (societies and groups) and that they jointly covered only 2% of farmers and 1.5% of agricultural land. Three societies were studied for 3 years and were found to be underfunded and increasingly unable to provide coordinated control on adjoining properties. Farmers are provided with recommendations on how to run coordinated rabbit control organizations.