Rabbit Sweep 2025-2027

Rabbit Sweep is a community-led Bellarine Landcare Group project, aiming to increase land managers’ capability and capacity to control rabbits.

It has received a 2-year Partnerships Against Pests grant from Agriculture Victoria to help land managers form neighbourhood clusters to progress rabbit control. 

Rabbit Sweep 2025-27 does not pay for on-ground activities but will provide resources, advice, support, and maintain cluster momentum until December 2027.

Rabbit Control Capacity and Capability on the Bellarine

We are concerned with European rabbits and aim to increase the capability and capacity of the community actively reducing the number of rabbits on the Bellarine Peninsula. We believe this focus will also serve to indirectly reduce the number of feral cats and foxes. Rabbit management is complex and depends on the unique circumstances of any location. Our partnerships will address many facets of the work, sometimes in new ways, and connect land managers to the relevant resources (human, information, financial, equipment, etc.), they may need.

View the 2024-2025 Project Report

Find out why the project targets rabbits vs other pest species.