Did you know that 2011 is the Year Of The Rabbit according to the Chinese horoscope? This is definitely the case here at the RSPCA as we're in the middle of our campaign to raise awareness on rabbit welfare and what keeps them happy and healthy.
In October last year, we launched The Great Big Rabbit Survey and asked bunny fans to rave about their rabbits. We were absolutely delighted that more than 8,300 people completed the online survey! We're currently working our way through the results so watch this space for more info on the findings or log on to http://www.greatbigrabbitsurvey.org/
Although the survey was a lot of fun, our reasons for launching the campaign are very serious. More than 33,000 rabbits have come into RSPCA care since 2007 after being abandoned, rescued by RSPCA inspectors or brought to us by owners who can no longer look after them. That works out as 25 rabbits every day for the last three years!! For more info on how this has affected the RSPCA have a listen to our podcast "We're All Ears" http://www.rspca.org.uk/media/podcast/archive/details/-/article/PRESS_Podcast_archive_2010_episodes
There's a lot of misconceptions about what is appropriate care for rabbits. For example, contrary to popular belief, they shouldn't be fed a lot of carrots. A diet of primarily hay is best for them. For more info on rabbit care, log onto www.rspca.org.uk/rabbits
I never knew you shouldn't feed rabbits carrots! Bugs bunny has a lot to answer for...that's really sad about all the abandoned rabbits and all the antifreeze poisoning....
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