BYOB(unnies)

Companion animals are banned in many apartments in Nagoya, Japan. As a result, pet-themed cafés that allow patrons to eat, drink, and interact with animals, have become popular.  The cafés are usually cat-themed, but the Usagi-to-Café is All About Rabbits: 18 resident bunnies are available, in a separate room, for patron interaction. The café charges 900 yen, or [...]

Five bunnies in the U.K. saved from “bored” family

March Pet Shop wants Christmas homes for five rabbits after rescue last night From the Cambs Times24 A RESCUED rabbit got a new home today after six were collected from Chatteris, a town in the district of Cambridgeshire, England, because the owners got bored with them.   Caroline Bates, of Parson Drove, came into The Pet Shop, [...]

Update: Happy ending for Amos the dumped bunny

On September 10th we reported this story about Amos, an abandoned bunny in Scotland. We’re happy to report that Amos’ story has a happy ending: A badly injured rabbit dumped in a cat carrier outside a pet health care centre has had a happy ending. Amos was found trapped in the container with a deep [...]

Graffitti rabbit threatened with extinction

ROA, a secretive Belgian street artist who, like Banksy, has showcased his work in east London, painted a 3.5m (12ft) rabbit on the side of a recording studio in Hackney last year which could be painted after being declared as a blight on the local environment. The building’s owners had granted the artist permission to [...]

Hail to the Veronicas!

Ah! As if I needed a reason to like the Veronicas, an Aussie twin sisters singing duo, even more than I already do, news surfaced from Down Under that the singing sisters have come out swinging against the use of rabbit fur in the fashion trade. It certainly brightened up this bunny girl’s otherwise mundane Monday. According to [...]

Some presidents pose with babies….

…and other are content to pose with bunnies!

The art of “hopnosis”

A few words from Cliff Penrose, and even the most badly-behaved bunny is like putty in his hands. For he is Britain’s only rabbit whisperer, a master of the little-known art of hopnosis. His technique is guaranteed to place the patient in a trance, lying flat on its back with its paws in the air [...]

‘We are in a war zone,’ says woman who ordered Victoria rabbits shot

Susan Vickery of Common Ground wildlife refuge on Saltspring Islan, left, and Wendy Huntbatch of the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, feed a rabbit at the parrot refuge in Coombs, B.C. About 240 rabbits were brought to the property this month from the University of Victoria, where the bunny population had become a serious issue. But on Sept. [...]

Tragic news: Over 30 UVic bunnies shot after escaping from safe haven

By: Christine Tam, ctvbc.ca  Dozens of rabbits who narrowly escaped a cull by the University of Victoria broke out of their safe haven in Coombs, B.C., Tuesday, only to be shot dead by a neighbour.    The beleaguered bunnies were living at the World Parrot Refuge when they escaped from the compound and hopped onto an [...]

Dr. Martinez helps rabbits find their way to Texas

By Tiffany Crawford  Posted at The Vancouver Sun  Dozens of rabbits from the University of Victoria campus are bound for a new home at a ranch in Texas, after they were spayed or neutered by a Steveston veterinarian in preparation for travel.  Joseph Martinez, owner of Little Paws Animal Clinic, is one of three veterinarians permitted [...]

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