An article from the Adelaide Advertiser reports that up to 50 South Australians are demanding millions of dollars from the CSIRO after the escape of the killer rabbit virus from Wardang Island in September 1995. They say that their livelihoods have been destroyed and they claim that CSIRO was "negligent" in allowing the disease to spread from open air testing on Wardang Island in September 1995. Within months the entire rabbit industry collapsed. Melbourne solicitors Slater and Gordon are mounting a class action for the former rabbit industry workers on a "no win, no fee" basis and claim that their clients have a "good claim" for damages.