Rapidly spreading virus killing rabbits in Southern California

A deadly and highly contagious rabbit virus, first identified in the U.S. last summer, has begun infecting Southern California’s wild rabbits, with deaths confirmed in Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties since early May. At least one domestic rabbit, in San Bernardino County, also has been killed by the disease.
The disease, known as Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2 or RHDV2, is unrelated to the coronavirus and doesn’t infect humans.
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