We start season two burrowing into the story of rabbits and other pests. What started with plenty of (h)optimism has led to generations of damage to our environment and economy.
In this episode we look at:
The introduction of exotic animals to Aotearoa by Māori, and early European explorers like Captain Cook.
The ideology of many colonists that Aotearoa needed to be “improved” through the introduction of exotic animals.
How rabbits were first introduced to Aotearoa and why they spread so rapidly
The impact they had on the land, and farmers.
The lives of “rabbiters” who trapped and poisoned rabbits for a living in the 19th century.
The fierce debate over the introduction of rabbit predators such as ferrets, stoats and weasels.
The introduction of new rabbit control methods such as 1080 and calicivirus.
The current threat of rabbits to Aotearoa.
For more on this subject:
Unconquerable enemy or bountiful resource? A new perspective on the rabbit in Central Otago by Rachael Egerton. www.environmentalhistory-au-nz...
Exotic Intruders by Joan Druett.
Rabbits: It’s as bad as it’s ever been by Melanie Reid. Newsroom. www.newsroom.co.nz/rabbits-it...
WELLS, P. K. (2006). “An Enemy of the Rabbit”: The Social Context of Acclimatisation of an Immigrant Killer. Environment and History, 12(3), 297-324. www.jstor.org/stable/20723581
Rabbits - Te Ara. teara.govt.nz/en/rabbits
Funded by the Ministry of Education.
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