rabbits
Rabbits and their over population of pasture land The Environmental Issue of Pest Control in New Zealand 1. ... By the late 1860¡¦s rabbits had quickly multiplied to become a major pest in Southland and Central Otargo. By the 1980¡¦s run holders were experiencing major devastation, with a lot of the land becoming abandoned to the rabbits. Rabbits are able to live in rural as well as urban environments. ... The rabbits can just about eat anything from seeds on the ground to small grown shrubs. ... Rabbits have been the most persistently damaging economic pests among all the many animals deliberately brought into New Zealand in the 19th century.