Myxomatosis in Kent

A member has reported that there are a number of wild rabbits in the Leybourne area of Kent showing signs of myxomatosis.

No doubt our members are very much aware of the dangers of this dreadful disease, and the need to vaccinate on a six monthly basis. However , each month new rabbit owners join the association and the first alert service, so we would like to advise them to ensure that their bunnies vaccinations are up to date. The annual vaccination for Viral Haemorrhagic disease is just as important.

I post these Alerts to several other Yahoo groups and about 20 forums to ensure the warnings are spread as far as possible.

A member of one of the forums PMd me with this message just a few minutes after posting the original alert.

>>Just had a message on Twitter to say there is also more - Between Ashford and Folkestone, Kent Junction 10-12 on M20, also on A20 same area<<

Updating on forums in the past few minutes I've learned that the illness is very widespread in Kent and is present in East Yorkshire too

Thanks for the update

Thank you for the update, I'll pass on the info to my rabbit owner friend in Kent!
E x

I feel so bad for these wild bunnies

So do I it's such an awful disease

Thank you for letting us know love, I am in Cornwall but it us better to be aware ot these awful things. I can;t bear to think of the little bunnies being so ill.

Hugs

Jo xx