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An excellent Twitter account called “The Past is a Foreign Pantry” posted these amazing cookies/biscuits today, just in time for Easter. The author/chef also has a detailed blog post about Medieval hares and rabbits and pictures of the cookies and even references The Peasant’s Revolt. Go read it!
Easter is coming up! And it’s a terrible time for pet store bunnies!
Rabbits are marketed as “easy”, short-lived, starter pets, especially during the Easter holidays, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth! A healthy, well cared for bunny can live just as long as the average cat or dog- 10-12 years!
What’s more, they have more complex needs than a cat or a dog. Rabbits are prey animals and do not behave or show affection in the same way as predators like cats and dogs; they don’t deal well with being outside-only animals; they can get sad if they’re on their own and don’t receive enough attention; and if they’re bought as a male and female couple, they can start reproducing from as early as 5-6 months of age, and they can carry multiple litters at the same time!
They have a specialised diet (NOT carrots!), need a specialised living area (unless you want all your things to get chewed up!), and they need specialised vets! Caring for them costs as much as caring for a dog!
Boost this mates, it’s irresponsible to waste a good animal.
We need pet licenses
Bringing home a pet means assuming the responsibility for a living creature’s life, providing food, shelter, safety, exercise, affection, medical care, throughout all the stages of the animal’s life. If you want something cute, buy a stuffed animal. But if you want to model and teach caregiving, empathy, reliability, trustworthiness, the interconnectedness of life, and the importance of fulfilling obligations, then *perhaps* you should consider adopting a pet from a shelter. Unfortunately, there are lots of shelters with rabbits who stopped being cute and who became too much trouble for the people who brought them home to keep.
OH MY GOD FROM OME BUNNY OWNER/PET STORE EMPLOYEE TO THE NEXT, PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND!!!!!
Because that time is coming around again! Everyone please think before you buy a bunny! They are a lot of work and don’t deserve to be bought for easter and then released/neglected/or given up. If you buy one then you are committing to it for its short 10 years of life. My rabbit is 2 years old now and though we may not always get along, I still love his fluffy ass.
I know it’s Easter and Lindt does really good chocolate, but they give money to Autism Speaks.
Please avoid buying Lindt chocolate - especially their bunnies, as the more they sell the more money goes to Autism Speaks.
