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.
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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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