WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As Easter approaches, animal rescue advocates are warning families to carefully consider the long-term responsibility of owning a rabbit before bringing one home.
Bonnie Mitchell, founder of Coastal Carolina Rabbit Rescue, said the organization often sees an increase in abandoned domestic rabbits in the weeks following the holiday. Many of those animals are believed to have been purchased as Easter gifts.
“We found him about one to three months after Easter, which is typically when we see a spike in people spotting domestic rabbits that have been abandoned in neighborhoods,” Mitchell said, referring to George, one of the rescue’s adoptable rabbits…