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Book Review: A memoir of rescuing a baby hare shows how to live gently with the wildlife around us
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This image released by Pantheon Books shows "Raising Hare" by Chloe Dalton. - photo by Pantheon via AP
Chloe Dalton was taking a winter walk near her farmhouse when she encountered it: a tiny baby hare — known as a leveret — lying huddled and alone in the middle of a narrow country lane. A London political adviser who was living in the English countryside during the pandemic, Dalton knew next to nothing about hares. Yet when she found that the leveret hadn't moved for hours, she decided to take it home and try to save it — despite her fears that by interfering she might hurt its ability to return to the wild.