Reality of Easter Bunnies

Every year, around Easter time, ignorant parents buy baby bunnies for their children from a pet store / breeder. Many are dumped within a year at parks, schools, neighborhood, etc. "thinking" that they are better off being "dumped" at those locations, rather than at a shelter. However, that is untrue. Numerous bunnies become food for raccoons and hawks, some starve to death due to lack of food. So this Easter, if you REALLY want a rabbit, PLEASE GO TO A LOCAL SHELTER!!!! In the long run, adopting a shelter bunny is cheaper than buying a rabbit. :)

Photos courtesy of:
PetSave Foundation
Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue
RabbitMatch.org
Bunny Hop Rabbit Rescue

Song: My Skin by Natalie Merchant

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[jhepzz18]

my rabbit starts to mate but the female rabbit always do sounds when mating and the female rabbit i think hurts a lot when mating because she always run, what should i do?

[FaSHOGEE]

@jhepzz18 YOU NEED TO GET YOUR BUNNIES SEPARATED AND FIXED ASAP!

[DeAnaVH]

Every year a few months after Easter, my staff and I pick up dead and starving baby bunnies, turtles, and ducks from around the lakes we manage. A city park with a lake is not a safe place to dump a domesticated animal! These animals are not wild! They usually can't fend for themselves, find food or drown trying to get water. The feral cats and hawks are the only ones who benefit...

[FaSHOGEE]

@DeAnaVH that sounds EXACTLY like the park that I live by and where i have rescued over 20 bunnies from!!! we should have a little chat! ;)

[DeAnaVH]

@FaSHOGEE The biggest problem site is for us is Alondra Park Lake in South Bay Los Angeles.

[FaSHOGEE]

@DeAnaVH YES! i live like 10 min walking distance from there and most of my bunnies that i have come from there!!! such a terrible place!!! :( the first 3 photos are Alondra Park bunnies...

[Emdier]

I highly agree in rescuing, all of my buns have been rescue and we have taken in 11. Although I do find it a little sad, a pet store bun is no less deserving of a good home then a shelter bun... Why can't people just stay commited to the animals they have promised to take care of?

[BunnyDurls]

@jhepzz18 I HOPE YOU GOT YOUR RABBITS FIXED!!

[penguim1996]

I adopted my two furbabies a year ago. 6 years old, way too skinny with patches of missing fur, but still beautiful. They are now two happy, healthy rex bunnies with as much love, food and care they could ever ask for.

[SweetyStar2000]

This is soo sad </3

I'm getting a baby bunny for easter!

But this baby bunny is from the Humane Society and was abandoned at an early age </3 People are cruel D:

I'm glad he'll have a nice place to live, here with us <3

[happysaz133]

@jhepzz18 Did you not see this video??? Please, do not breed. Get them seperated, spayed and neutered, and then let them be friends. There is no need to be breeding rabbits when thousands upon thousands are waiting in rescue for a home.

[karlsie]

@buribunny Don't judge. Educate.

[calmhorse96]

I love this!! And everything in it is true. Good Job:)

It is a little sad though it remind my of those comercials of adopting dogs and cats.

[buribunny]

@jhepzz18 ........ Don't you know they need to be seperated and fixed? Did you do your research before obtaining these rabbits?

[mypamperedpets]

amazing video, well done! Hopefully people will watch and learn :)

[lucy1666]

@marleyNfriends that would have been a better video if it had had that in it i agree with u :)

[vixitrixalina]

@jhepzz18 by "fixed", we mean spayed (female) or neutered (male) - basically the removal of the reproductive organs. not only does this stop them mating and having unwanted litters, it stops them being agressive, usually allows them to live peacefully together without fighting, and prevents reproductive cancer. for female rabbits, there is an 85% chance of getting cancer and dying before 4/5years, whereas spayed she can live to 10 years. hope this helps :)