To control rabbits we recently released the K5 Calicivirus on a serires of Boyup Brook properties.

A national best practice control manual has been developed for invasive opuntioid cacti in Australia. The manual for the first time brings together tools and knowledge from a number of sources, to provide an easy to use guide on how to successfully manage opuntioid cacti. Blackwood Biosecurity has some copies of this manual. Phone Sheila on 0475 774 558 to arrange for a copy. Opuntioid cacti: best practice control manual Opuntia elata - Riverina pear plant Prickly pear - Henr

The Department of Agriculture is urging residents in the South West to look out for fast moving wasps that are attracted to protein, following their detection in Busselton and the metropolitan Perth last year and recently in Australind. Please make sure you are able to identify the wasp and its nest and report it. The European wasp can be devastating for agriculture, the environment and to human safety and wellbeing. DPIRD says that “the wasps can kill domestic pets and make