Some ways that rabbits can damage the environment include: Overgrazing – When rabbit populations explode, they can decimate plant life through overgrazing. This damages native vegetation, reduces biodiversity, and degrades the soil. Invasive species – When introduced to new environments, rabbits can become an invasive species.

2015年4月21日 · Now new research suggests that rabbits will be particularly hard hit as climatic changes alter their habitat over the coming decades. Rabbits, hares and pikas could become this century’s new climate migrants – with up to two-thirds of species forced to relocate.

2020年2月2日 · Rabbits can cause damage by: overgrazing native and sown pastures, leading to loss of plant biodiversity and reduced crop yields. competing with native animals and domestic livestock for food and shelter, increasing grazing pressure …

Wild rabbits only become a problem when they are introduced as invasive species. This causes devastating effects on the environment and local animal populations. Everything from the availability of plants to climate change is impacting the way that rabbits live.

5 天之前 · Tony Armstrong and CSIRO scientist Dr Tanja Strive discuss the introduction of rabbits to Australia, why they are classified as an invasive species and the impacts they are having on the environment.

2021年10月21日 · Rabbits destroy huge numbers of critical regenerating seedlings over more than half the continent. This has devastating flow-on effects for the rest of the ecosystem. So how do we control them?

‘Competition and land degradation by rabbits’ was first listed as a threatening process under the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 more than 25 years ago and then under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 based on the following:

Invasive rabbits compete for feed and shelter with native animals, but much of the environmental harm they cause comes from how they graze (which changes the structure and composition of vegetation communities), and because they help maintain feral predators. In this section:

The burrowing of rabbits and their destruction of vegetation can leave land bare and open to erosion, the degradation of waterways, and invasion by weeds. Rabbits can also undermine roads, water-tanks and even buildings.

2025年1月18日 · More than half the world’s wild rabbit species are considered endangered or threatened, while domestic breeds face significant welfare issues in contexts like the pet trade, fur industry, and laboratory testing. Threats to Wild Rabbits Predation Rabbits are prey animals, and as such, they are a crucial food source for a variety of predators.