The mother hare has given me a sense of an animal that is intelligent, wise, playful and devoted. A sun-loving, frugal, dignified creature, raising its young on the few remaining scraps of land left to it in a hostile world. An animal that is not solitary by character, but out of caution; that gives every sign of taking pleasure in its existence; that has a capacity to learn; that is faithful to a stretch of land—and even to a single patch of earth—for the duration of its life; and that will chase off a predator to protect its young. A creature of habit, set hours and favourite places, that
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