Rabbits are not toys, gifts, products or commodities and shouldn't be sold in shops.
One of the main reasons rabbits end up in rescue centres is because the kids have lost interest. Yet Pets at Home is promoting rabbits as pets this Easter, by organising free workshops for kids in all their stores and selling vouchers so the rabbits can be redeemed after the weekend. They have been doing this for years.
Barney is a typical example of a rabbit that was bought for a child in a Pets at Home store. 4 weeks later he was unwanted. When rescued, he was sitting in a corner of the hutch on his own, with no food and no bedding.
Every rescue centre across the UK have rabbits with similar stories to Barney whilst others are sold online, within weeks or months of being purchased. Some are abandoned outside.
Many rabbits are never rescued. They end up neglected, stuck in a hutch on their own, and only come out when the kids want to play with them, like a toy taken out of a drawer. With time, this will be less and less often.
If Pets at Home really cared, they would stop selling animals and sell supplies only. They would direct customers able to adopt to reputable rescue centres. Those are the ones who really focus on welfare, not on profit.
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Thank you for caring.
Isabelle Rineau
@BaBBACampaign
info@babba.org