Hares
Mark Carwardine: hare coursing is a serious problem in many rural areas
There are now tougher punishments for those caught chasing brown hares with dogs, but, as Mark Carwardine explains, that doesn't mean an end to the barbaric practice of hare coursing
Mass culling of mountain hares banned in Scotland
The mass culling of mountain hares in Scotland has been banned under a new ruling by Scottish parliament which gives the species protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Long-term study shows dramatic declines of mountain hares on Scottish moors
Numbers of mountain hare on grouse moors in the eastern Highlands are now less than one per cent of figures from the 1950s.