Distressing images have emerged showing a group of hare coursers in action in Cambridgeshire. The pictures, shared by the Ely Standard, were taken after a group of four men and a 12-year-old boy were spotted hunting hares in the countryside. The images show one man swinging a hare by its legs, moments before brutally bashing it […]
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New ‘viral cocktail’ killing hares in UK and Ireland, scientist warns
More than 1,100 hares have been recorded as dying of a new “viral cocktail” since 2018 as fears grow that a form of myxomatosis has jumped from rabbits. People are being urged to report dying or dead hares to scientists who are seeking to discover the cause of so many unexplained deaths in the hare […]