Deadly rabbit virus threatens UK brown hare population
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#47QQX)
Cases confirmed in Dorset and Essex with public urged to report sick or dead animals
The first cases of rabbit virus have been confirmed in hares in the UK, highlighting a major new threat to the UK's rapidly dwindling brown hare population.
Two cases of the deadly rabbit haemorrhagic disease type 2 have been confirmed in Dorset and one in Essex, so it may already be taking hold in the wild, but more testing will be needed to determine its spread.
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