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RSPCA condemns giant rabbit wedding
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| April 4, 2006
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Posted on 04/04/2006 9:19:47 AM PDT by aculeus
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has criticised a stunt in which two giant rabbits were married in a mock wedding ceremony.
The Continental giant rabbits were dressed up in wedding costumes for the event at Wookey Hole Caves, near Wells in Somerset.
The rabbits - Roberto and Amy - are both more than 3ft long and each weighs just under three stone, and were wed in the Britain's first ever rabbit nuptials.
Roberto, aged three, is 3ft 6in long and is believed to be the biggest rabbit in the world. Organisers dressed Amy in a mini veil and a wedding band was placed around her paw.
But the RSPCA branded the stunt as "belittling" and criticised the organisers for sending out the wrong message about animals.
"We would be opposed to anything that would cause distress or suffering to animals and we are opposed to the dressing up of animals as it belittles them," Joanna Barr, RSPCA spokesperson, said.
"This puts the wrong message across. Animals are not toys to be dressed up."
Jerry Cottle Junior, spokesman for Wookey Hole Caves, insisted that the stunt was in no way cruel.
"The ceremony went very well indeed. Amy was a bit nervous at first but the couple are now tucking into some carrot cake," he said.
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Amy and Roberto in their wedding finery
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:19:49 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
"The rabbits - Roberto and Amy - are both more than 3ft long and each weighs just under three stone," Good grief, one of those would feed a family of five...
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:24:14 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: aculeus
I don't know if a little derby and piece of lavender netting as a veil constitutes being "dressed up".
I have to say, he's about the most unattractive bunny I've ever seen.
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:26:30 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: aculeus
"This puts the wrong message across. Animals are not toys to be dressed up." Here's an alternative to dressing them up ....
Savory Rabbit
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:26:31 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
To: Abathar
"each weighs just under three stone"
Wow! From what I could find the "stone" is approx. 14 lb. Hence 3 stone approx. = 42 lb.!
Yikes - Rodents of Uncommon Size!
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:27:48 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rage is the fuel that powers the islamic machine)
To: Abathar
Maybe more. Three stone translates into 42 pounds!
To: aculeus
Did Jimmy Carter attend?.........
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:29:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.....)
To: aculeus
Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...he he he. Be vewy, vewy quiet, we're hunting wibewals.
To: Abathar
"Good grief, one of those would feed a family of five..."
And it would taste like chicken....
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:33:54 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
To: aculeus
I thought it was DUCK SEASON!
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:33:55 AM PDT
by
Feiny
(I only take the free tour.)
To: Abathar; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow
Good grief, one of those would feed a family of five...It’s considered bad form at wedding feasts to devour bride or groom.
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:34:16 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: Hegemony Cricket
Yikes - Rodents of Uncommon Size! That's inconceivable!
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:36:00 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: dighton
It’s considered bad form at wedding feasts to devour bride or groom. No, I think it's OK in the Koran somewhere. It's in there right after firing your weapons into the air to attract airstrikes.
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:37:15 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: aculeus
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:38:26 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car)
To: aculeus
"You're no bunny 'til some bunny loves you ..."
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:44:00 AM PDT
by
manwiththehands
(I will remember in November.)
To: aculeus
He: "I don't go to church. Every time I go to church, something bad happens. Y'know, funerals, so forth..."
She: "But what about our wedding?"
He: (silence)
Two weeks later, when he leaves the hospital...
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:03:55 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
To: aculeus
Was Jimmah Carter best man?
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:07:20 AM PDT
by
rod1
To: Abathar
Good grief, one of those would feed a family of five... They each weigh more than my 11 month old granddaughter. She's cuter though.
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:14:39 AM PDT
by
El Gato
To: aculeus; cyborg
RSPCA condemns giant rabbit weddingThey wanted the wedding to be smaller?
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:16:07 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: 50sDad
You keep using that word ...
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posted on
04/04/2006 10:17:29 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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