Comment Re:Food Chain? Environment? (Score 1) 265
Lets see Myxomatosis - 99.8% of the rabbit population destroyed in 2 years
Over time the numbers of rabbits resistant to the virus increased and in 1995 the rabbit haemorraghic disease virus RHDV was released to again cull the numbers. Even in 1995 when RHDV was release the rabbit population was no where near the 1950s population which was destroying pastoral Australia.
Cane toads on the other hand - now that was a fuckup.
Clearly Australian scientists should be working on genetically modifying rabbits so that they will eat cane toads.