Macquarie Island rabbit crisis - Hurd Point

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Before: Healthy Macquarie Island cabbage and tussock on lower slopes, 1995.

After: Elimination of cabbage and most tussock, and increased erosion, March 2006.

Before: Healthy slopes with tussock and a re-vegetating landslip which had occurred naturally after heavy rain, 1995.

After 1: Destruction of tussock vegetation and erosion on landslip surface from rabbit-digging, February 2003.

After 2: Total destruction of tussock and accelerated erosion, March 2006.