Hare today...
The government is trying to help by supporting habitat reconstruction. But the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, a charity supported by hunting and shooting interests, suggests that culling foxes would be more helpful.
The trust has a research report in the European Journal of Wildlife Research which says the hare does best on or near game-shooting estates, where foxes are controlled.
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Hide AdAuthor Jonathan Reynolds says: "Although foxes rarely kill adult hares, they can systematically prey on and kill leverets to such an extent that a fox family can eat the entire production of the local hare population in one sitting."
The trust has produced a guide to conserving the hare for farmers and land managers.
Download it www.gwct.org.uk or call 01425 652381.