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Rabbit-killing virus may have mutated to kill hares too

15 October 2018

Brown hares are turning up dead across the UK, raising fears that myxomatosis – the rabbit infection in ‘Watership Down’ - may have mutated to target hares

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Rabbit-killing virus may have mutated to kill hares too

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