Macquarie Island rabbit crisis - Petrel Peak and Precarious Point

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Before: Healthy Macquarie Island cabbage and tussock, 1995.

After: Elimination of cabbage, destruction of tussock (only stumps remain) and accelerated erosion, March 2006.

Before: Spectacular steep slopes at Precarious Point, southwest coast of Macquarie Island, with healthy tussock in 1999.

After: Precarious Point, February 2004 - most tussock has been destroyed (only stumps and dead straw remain).

After: Precarious Point, February 2004, looking upslope - most tussock has been destroyed (only stumps and dead straw remain).