They average 100 pounds, and can go as large as 175. (The human in the photo is about 5 feet tall)
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.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
“Every bunny loves some bunny sometime.”
They average 100 pounds, and can go as large as 175. (The human in the photo is about 5 feet tall)
A better looking bun - our dear departed Snuffaluffagus and two pals.
...rabbit wedding?
Never mind.
Translated: "le yum!"
ohhh.........he's a handsome bunny
Actually, this photo is less absurd than the photos of two men getting married...
The following page has author Joe Ekaitis (COLLINSFORT VILLAGE) opining about what a remake might be like...
Joe Ekaitis--Night of the Lepus remake?
"This puts the wrong message across. Animals are not toys to be dressed up."
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Unemployed????
Was Elwood in attendance?
"Rabbits are not rodents" - yeah, I know, just a convenient excuse to use the ROUS comment...
Dang. that there is some humungous hasenpfeffer! :-)
You are quite correct, those giant rabbits look nothing like a giant mouse:
That is correct 16 oz = 1lb 14 lb = one stone
Since animals are incapable of processing human symbols (wedding veils, wedding cake, etc.), exactly how can an animal be belittled?
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