Ailstar
Mama Doe
I don't know what schools you have been to but I seriously doubt many schools can really afford to keep animals. Rabbits in particular can be very expensive to treat correctly and most a lot of people on here have their buns ensured. I seriously doubt a school could pay the potential thousands of pounds in vets fees bunnies can run up very quickly. And as for your comment about pigs, again, that is a highly unusual situation for a school to have the resources to feed those pigs (I've seen comments from rescues on here who have pigs and they cost thousands to just feed!) and I don't know of any schools who would have space for pigs. I also don't know of any that could realistically afford to pay someone to just go in and look after the animals at the weekend. At least not in the UK state school system. Private fee paying schools are obviously a little different. While you may have seen examples where it can work, I would suggest these are exceptions rather than a general rule, and I certainly wouldn't advocate pets in school as a general rule.