Charities suspended rehoming of rabbits over Easter weekend

HE WILL make special appearances at events across Yorkshire in the next few days but the Easter bunny will not be heading for a new home after animal welfare charities agreed to suspend rabbit rehoming over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The Easter bunnyThe Easter bunny
The Easter bunny

The sight of abandoned cute, fluffy rabbits is guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings of young and old alike but many families allow their heart to rule their head with impulse pet-buying decisions,

Bunnies are the third most popular pet in the UK and have been associated with Easter since Pagan times, when the hare was a symbol of spring and re-born fertility.

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Support Adoption For Pets and other rescue centres are suspending the re-homing of rabbits over the Easter, although most will still accept animals into their care.

Amy Wilson, Charity Manager at Support Adoption For Pets, the largest animal grant-giving charity in the UK that regularly donates funds to rabbit rescues and supports specialists including the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund, said: “Rabbits are wonderful pets, and we don’t want to discourage people from giving a rabbit a home, but just like we know a dog is not just for Christmas, rabbits aren’t just for Easter.

“We are freezing the adoption of rabbits in all of our adoption centres, over 400 in total, to ensure a rabbit is not re-homed without careful consideration. There is a huge misconception that rabbits are easy to care for: they aren’t. They require as much, if not more care and attention as a dog or cat.

“Families tend to think carefully before adopting a puppy and this should be the case for choosing to add a rabbit to your family.”

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