Mischief and Tinker's Mum
Wise Old Thumper
Just been on a walk with my dog Homer and my mum and spotted an English spot rabbit in a field! :shock: I thought omg that's a pet so wanted to go and catch it. Me and my mum walked down the lane because there was a woman sat in her car and that's when we saw 3 more bunnies!! So we went to ask her if it was her land and her rabbits. She told us she rented the land and yes they were her rabbits. She used to breed them and had them living in a stable (she doesn't like hutches as they're small) and someone released all her rabbits last year. :? She caught as many as she could and the others were the ones she didn't catch. She said they've lived like wild rabbits for a year now and been out since they were babies. She said they look healthier than her pet rabbits and she thinks they look beautiful running free. Which was true I have to admit... all binkying in the fields. She thinks it would be cruel to catch them now and have them kept as pets and as they've been out since babies, you can't get to them anyway!
They looked happy enough but of course there's the risk of foxes. The lady said the bunnies never leave the land though and know all the hiding places. You wouldn't catch a wild rabbit and keep it as a pet would you? And that's how these buns have been living since they were babies so they are practically wild. :?
Would you catch them and have them living as pets when they are used to being free and have learnt how to live that way? I really don't know what the right thing to do is. If they'd been out for a few weeks then yes definitely catch them as they are vulnerable and probably would not survive at all. These have been out since babies though so would it be cruel to catch them? Oh and as they are that ladies rabbits if they were caught they'd be classed as stolen wouldn't they?
They looked happy enough but of course there's the risk of foxes. The lady said the bunnies never leave the land though and know all the hiding places. You wouldn't catch a wild rabbit and keep it as a pet would you? And that's how these buns have been living since they were babies so they are practically wild. :?
Would you catch them and have them living as pets when they are used to being free and have learnt how to live that way? I really don't know what the right thing to do is. If they'd been out for a few weeks then yes definitely catch them as they are vulnerable and probably would not survive at all. These have been out since babies though so would it be cruel to catch them? Oh and as they are that ladies rabbits if they were caught they'd be classed as stolen wouldn't they?