Three orphaned baby rabbits are at Boulder County’s Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center after being rescued in early April from the elephant enclosure at the Denver Zoo.
Catch up: In a pre-Easter surprise, zoo workers found three orphaned desert cottontails in a barn inside the elephant enclosure. And while three tiny bunnies being raised by elephants might make for a great kids’ movie, it’s not an ideal real-life situation.
- The cottontails were about 4 weeks old when they were discovered and less than 3 inches long.
- Considering the danger posed by their well-meaning but much larger roommates, personnel relocated the rabbits to Greenwood.
Caveat: Wildlife officials generally encourage the public to try and reunite rather than rescue baby animals.
What’s next: Mysti Tatro, community relations manager for Greenwood, said the rabbits will be housed in one of the facility’s enclosures until they are old enough to hopefully be released back into the wild…