West Australian Rabbit Council

Updated as at 01.10.2025

🦠🐰RABBIT CALICIVIRUS TRACKING WA

Reported cases of mass rabbit deaths are starting to come in, warm weather conditions along with moist soils are making the perfect conditions for RHDV2 to spread.

This post will remain pinned at the top of our page until outbreaks settle down. Please refer to this post, if you have deaths to report, please pm our page so we can look further into it.

We’ve had confirmed (tested) RHDV2 outbreaks in:

❌Oct - Serpentine - mass deaths of wildies
❌Oct - Gidgegannup - mass deaths of wildies
❌Sept - Perth Airport - multiple deaths of wildies

Please report confirmed, multiple or unusual deaths via PM.