PRO/AH> Myxomatosis – Finland (02): wild rabbit

Other Animal Disease — Finland
It is not yet certain where the myxoma virus came from in Finland or whether it can spread to hare and hare [sic]. In late summer [2020] the animal disease, which was first observed in Finland [in July 2020], is spreading in city rabbits in Espoo and western Helsinki.
More than 30 wild rabbits have been brought to Korkeasaari Wildlife Hospital [to be euthanised because of] a [newly arrived] viral disease called myxomatosis. [As many as] 4 wild rabbits have been brought in a day, says the