Status and Human Interactions
The European hare is widespread and abundant across its geographic range. However, population declines since in the 1960s have possibly been caused by the intensification of agricultural practices. The Bern Convention of Europe list the hare under Appendix III. Several countries have placed L. europaeus on their Red List as "near threatened" or "threatened". The hare is considered a pest in some places, such as Argentina, Australia and North America. It causes damage to agriculture, particularly apple orchards. European hares are also hunted as game animals and their meat is considered white and delicious. Additional threats to the hare are the diseases European brown hare syndrome, pasteurellosis, yersiniosis (pseudo-tuberculosis), coccidiosis and tularaemia, which are principal sources of mortality.
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