In the UK, hares have suffered a substantial population decline in the last century and both are now recognised as threatened species.
The target to double springtime numbers of brown hares in Britain by 2010, was not achieved and each year, during the breeding period, many tens of thousands of dependent leverets are left to die when pregnant and nursing females are killed.
To help protect hares, please ask your MP to sign EDM 2531. Find out more
The target to double springtime numbers of brown hares in Britain by 2010, was not achieved and each year, during the breeding period, many tens of thousands of dependent leverets are left to die when pregnant and nursing females are killed.
To help protect hares, please ask your MP to sign EDM 2531. Find out more
