Scientists investigate virus threatening our hare population

See Kate Prout's report from Havergate Island in Suffolk here

Since last autumn Professor Diana Bell at the University of East Anglia has received reports and photos of more than 750 dead hares. They have varying symptoms but she believes its a form of rabbit haemorrhagic disease that has passed over

Dead hare found in Cantley, Norfolk Credit: Simon Wright

Professor Bell has set up a 'JustGiving' site to raise money to investigate the symptoms and cause of these deaths in the hope of preventing any more. Find the page here