Richard Adams ... jerking tale was published in 1972 and Adams' harrowing story of rabbits trying to find a new warren has terrified children both in print and with the animated 1978 film.

It drew comparisons to The Wind in the Willows and other children's book with anthropomorphised animal characters. British author Richard Adams (pictured ... published it in a print-run of only ...

Yet Richard Adams, who has died aged ... describing it as "preachy", a judgement with which Adams did not disagree. His commitment to animal welfare was expressed in his third novel, The Plague ...

Along the way, Adams became an advocate against the use of animal testing, which is the subject of his third novel, “The Plague Dogs.” It was on tour for that third novel upon its American publication ...

Adams, a World War Two veteran, was head of animal welfare charity the RSPCA for a short spell. The event that changed Richard Adams ... take it on with an initial print run of 2,500 copies.

Yet Richard Adams, who has died aged ... describing it as "preachy", a judgement with which Adams did not disagree. His commitment to animal welfare was expressed in his third novel, The Plague ...

The English novelist Richard Adams, whose most famous work was "Watership ... and "The Plague Dogs," about two dogs on the run after escaping from an animal testing laboratory.