Department hopes myxo threat to doesn't spread to Irish hares

Wildlife groups and the Department of Agriculture are hoping what appears to be a deadly form of myxomatosis in brown hares in Britain will not reach our shores.

Department hopes myxo threat to doesn't spread to Irish hares

By Donal Hickey

Wildlife groups and the Department of Agriculture are hoping what appears to be a deadly form of myxomatosis in brown hares in Britain will not reach our shores.

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