chocobun

adult rabbits are usually not very tolerant of young bb rabbits

chocobun

a coworker told me that soon they are banning the selling of rabbits in richmond?

chocobun

because selling rabbits at pet store is a bad thing... many people buy rabbits as pets or as presents, impulse buy (esp they are so cheap compared to cats n dogs), and dont have proper knowledge & heart to take care of the rabbits... when they get tired of the buns they "set them free"... rabbits reproduce quickly and it's a problem in richmond now (e.g. minoru park).  and buying from pet store encourages pet store to buy from rabbit breeders, and a lot of breeders are breeding rabbits just for a living, without any heart to care for the rabbits they breed... horrible living conditions, bad for rabbit health. rabbits in pet store is constantly under stress as they are in a noisy and busy environment with strangers walking around and touching them and picking them up everyday, bad food (some pet stores dont give rabbits hay, and most feeds are bad for rabbits but are sold expensively), staff have little or no knowledge to properly take care of rabbits... bad for bunny's health.

so it's a good thing that pet stores stop selling rabbits... people can adopt from rescues if they need to.

chocobun

U know... I never expected that they care.  But I guess it's such a problem now.
smt 發表於 2009-12-9 12:04

i dont know where she read the news... maybe i should take some time and look and see if i can actually find an article before i start to celebrate for this

chocobun

no, a lot of them are domestic or off springs of domestics that were let loose

chocobun

auyatyat, if u really want a 2nd bunny, try going to VRRA or SARS, they can help you find a bun that gets along with your current bun gah.  they can even help u bond if you really dont know how.  that's how i got my 2nd bunny lah ^^