Dr Brian Cooke ‘A rabbit’s progress: from the Crusades to Barwon Park’
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Thursday, 20 August 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Brian will describe his research at CSIRO into control and management of wild rabbits in Australia’s arid zone and on sub-Antarctic islands. His recent book “Australia’s War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease” uses rabbit haemorrhagic disease as an important case study in understanding how animal populations adapt to diseases.
Brian Cooke has worked on the management of wild rabbits for over 40 years. Initially in South Australia and subsequently in Canberra, he has worked with rabbits in Australia’s arid zone, Europe and the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands, specialising most recently on newly emergent rabbit haemorrhagic disease.
