Blackwood Biosecurity will bring together a group of experts to help you find out at a free workshop at the Bridgetown Pottery on Friday 16th June 2017. Whether you live in town, on a small property or farm they’ll find a range of options that are practical for you…... and you CAN be successful, with hands-on training, the benefit of years of practice and some back-up assistance. You will learn about feral animal behavior and biology, recognise signs of feral animals, be show

Rabbit Calici K5 virus release update The new K5 Calici virus for rabbits was released nationwide in late February this year. Blackwood Biosecurity Inc registered 6 sites as broad scale sites for the release of the new K5 calici virus. By February, only 2 of these sites proved suitable for the release as large areas of the Shire had been impacted on by a new calici virus strain, RHDV2, in late spring 2016. By the end of 2016 there were few rabbits in the east, north and west