Wanaka rabbiter Steve Barton handles one of the ferrets he uses for rabbiting in the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. Photos: Ellen Rykers. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
Wanaka rabbiter Steve Barton handles one of the ferrets he uses for rabbiting in the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. Photos: Ellen Rykers. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
A ferret digs into a rabbit hole at the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
A ferret digs into a rabbit hole at the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
A ferret moves between net-covered rabbit holes in the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. Photo: supplied. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
A ferret moves between net-covered rabbit holes in the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve. Photo: supplied. : Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
Ferreting out rabbits seen as a ‘win-win’
A medieval method of pest control is helping an endangered species at a Central Otago reserve.