Naomi the rabbit was among the well-wishers paying her last respects at an animal lover’s funeral service last Monday (9/6/10). The coffin of John Graham Butler – who ran the Bunny Burrows rescue centre with wife Gwen – arrived in church adorned with carrots, apples and other rabbit favourites. As mourners left the church, [...]
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Yesterday’s post from Australia was about rabbit-themed coins. I think I’ll go to Australia, get a handful of rabbit coins, head for the pub, and enjoy a refreshing White Rabbit beer. G’Day! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From thedieline.com: “White Rabbit Brewing in the Yarra Valley, VIC, Australia opened its doors in mid-2009 with its flagship beer being the WR Dark Ale. The [...]
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Published at The Gateway.com Danielle Pope, CUP Western Bureau Chief VICTORIA (CUP) — The University of Victoria is gearing up for another mass rabbit capture after previous attempts this year have reduced the population by only a few hundred. The university now has two more trappings scheduled for the coming weeks, in an effort to reduce the [...]
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By Coin Update Staff on September 9th, 2010 The Perth Mint will soon release the 2011 Australian Gold and Silver Lunar Coins featuring the Year of the Rabbit. The Lunar Coin Series II features the twelve animals of China’s ancient lunar calendar. The coins are struck in .999 silver or .9999 gold and available [...]
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A pet rabbit has been found dumped outside a rescue centre with horrific facial injuries in Dundee. By Lesley Kinney Published by STV.com The animal’s teeth were also so overgrown that they had reached over his nose and had left a deep wound to his face. The lop eared tan-coloured adult was in [...]
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Originally published by Russell Thomas Creative Boom London Yesterday the Humane Society International/UK and the Fur Free Alliance announced the student winners of the 2010 European and International round of the Design Against Fur poster and animation competitions. This year the focus was on rabbits. I thought a bit about fur, and thought leopard, [...]
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(PhysOrg.com) The gentle rabbit-like bilby - Australia’s stand-in for the Easter bunny – had an ancient relative that was a far more fearsome little beast, a new study has found. Although modern bilbies are mild-mannered creatures that eat mainly plants and insects, one ancestor 20 million years ago had the stout skull, muscular jaws and flesh-tearing [...]
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From www.bdnews24.com Dhaka, Aug 31 — Three rare black-nape rabbits have been released into Bhawal National Park, three days after they were caught by fishermen in Rajshahi. Tapan Kumar Dey, forest conservator (Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle) of the Forest Directorate, freed them on Tuesday. Dey said, “Fishermen from Rajshahi’s Gohomabna village at Haripur Union under Poba Upazila caught the rabbits in a [...]
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By DAVID McCANN August 28, 2010 The Scotsman Two pet rabbits were abandoned by their owners with little food and no water outside an animal welfare charity – 18 months after the charity had moved out. The bunnies were cooped up in a pet carrier and ditched at the front door of the old Scottish SPCA [...]
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Hmmmm….I’m sensing a trend here. Rabbit hopping has been hopping all over the media lately. This is the latest story from the UK’s Daily Mail. Danish craze that has growing numbers of animal lovers hopping on the bandwagon 29th August 2010 Forget about showjumping at the 2012 Olympics, the latest sport sweeping Europe is the [...]
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