[OneWingedShark]

Because cats, dogs, rabbits, alligators, etc are completely unable to live without human care/intervention.... right?
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[Still Thinking]

Just as we’re incapable of living without the Lord Obama reviewing our every move.

[SoCalPol]

Those animals who have been under the care of humans can’t or have to be trained to be on their own.
There are storie about Lions, bears, etc. with the same situation.

[CottonBall]

Cats, dogs, and rabbits that are domesticated and released in an area with little for them to eat can’t. Alligators - I don’t think they’d have a problem except w/o water.

Starving to death is cruelty.

[Westbrook]

> Because cats, dogs, rabbits, alligators, etc are
> completely unable to live without human
> care/intervention.... right?

I’m confused.

The same statist tree-huggers that tell us that we can’t abandon bunnies because they need humans to survive tell us that it’s okay to draw-and-quarter, burn alive with saline solutions, and decerebrate little humans before, during and even shortly after their birth.

Maybe it’s just me.

[radiohead]

Domesticated rabbits ARE unable to live in the wild. They have lost many of the characteristics that enable the wild rabbit to survive and are dependent upon their human caretakers. There is a large amount of lit on caring for domesticated bunnies on the web if you're interested in how they differ from wild rabbits.

My first response to the original post was 'Oh my god!' because a domesticated bunny in the wild is just so much meat for the taking. Plus, the bun doesn't know the habitat, doesn't know where food and water are. Would you, if released in somewhere you've never been before?

I would never, ever release a domesticated bunny in the wild and consider the guy got away easy. If you're not going to take care of an animal properly, including finding a proper home for it if you can no longer care for it, then you shouldn't have animals.

Our Arwen, Bunny Princess

[Secret Agent Man]

A domestic rabbit has no survival skills. They are not wild rabbits. They cannot even distinguish between toxic and non-toxic plants. It is a death sentence to toss a domestic prey animal into an environment it has no experience in.

You can always tell a domestic rabbit because when they are abandoned, they sit right out in the open, plus in most cases they all have different colorings than the typical cottontail. They don’t know what to be afraid of.

It is not a favor to do this to a pet rabbit.

[Oztrich Boy]

Because cats, dogs, rabbits, alligators, etc are completely unable to live without human care/intervention.... right? [/sarc]

Willy the Killer Whale couldn't

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