Young animals making vets reel (8)
I believe the answer is:
leverets
'young animals' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'making vets reel' is the wordplay.
'making' is an anagram indicator.
'vets'+'reel'='vetsreel'
'vetsreel' anagrammed gives 'LEVERETS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leverets that I've seen before include "big-eared youngsters" , "small creatures" , "Set elver among young hares" , "Let verse envisage young hares" , "Set elver to get young hares" .)