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.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'making vets reel' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vets'+'reel'='vetsreel'
'vetsreel' is an anagram of '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" .)