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Article: Science: Hares today, none tomorrow?
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 16, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A CASUAL rambler, catching sight of the occasional hare
zig-zagging across a ploughed field, might think the animal is as
abundant and unthreatened as its cousin the rabbit. After all,
hares are still hunted, legally and illegally. They continue to be
shot as game, and as farmland pests that damage crops and young
trees.
Yet a new national survey funded by the Joint Nature
Conservation Committee is expected to confirm later this year that
hare numbers have been steadily dropping over the past 40 years.
They may now, for the first time, be below the million mark.
The survey - the first ever properly conducted hare headcount -
provides the most accurate tally so far. Hundreds of volunteers ...
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