Two or three litters of up to four young, called leverets, are born every year.
A lurcher remains quietly in the hedge with the rabbit or leveret in his mouth till a sign bids him approach.
If one drives in that direction, at any time of the year one will find the road literally littered with dead hares and leverets.
We must realise that the leverets may be the prey of stoats and weasels, as small rabbits may become the prey of foxes.
Country people believe that buck rabbits prey upon young leverets.
The young leveret is able to run from the moment it is dropped by the doe.
