poor lil' bunny :'(
I don't know if anyone here has heard about this, but it's been BIG news in the rabbit world. It's a heart-breaking story that so far has a really happy outcome...
RICHMOND, Calif. (July 28, 2004) ... House Rabbit Society (HRS), a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Richmond, CA, rescued a rabbit this weekend who had been duct-taped to explosives and thrown in an East Bay lake. HRS was initially alerted to the situation last week by an online posting containing photos of a bedraggled and terrified rabbit apparently being retrieved from Lake Don Castro in Castro Valley. The rabbit was wrapped in duct tape, and five young people had allegedly attached explosives to her before throwing her into the water.
According to investigators, the fuse on the explosives was lit but did not detonate. The teens had allegedly taken the rabbit - a family pet named Lucky - to the lake with the intent to blow her up and document the atrocity with a camera.
Lucky survived that. She has since been adopted and is living with caring humans and bunny friends who are taking good care of her. You can read all about it here:
http://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/lucky_rescue.html
There are some adorable photos there of Lucky snuggling with her new bunny friends.
The Pre-Trial for the Lucky case is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 9:30 am.
There is a petition you can sign here:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/721866960?ts=1099333823&sign[partnerID]=1&sign[memberID]=780568740&sign[partner_userID]=780568740
to encourage the DA to prosecute the twisted individuals who did this to Lucky. In my mind, they are sick, despicable criminals and they need a lot of psychological help.
Please send this on to all the animal lovers you know! Lucky says "thank you!"
RICHMOND, Calif. (July 28, 2004) ... House Rabbit Society (HRS), a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Richmond, CA, rescued a rabbit this weekend who had been duct-taped to explosives and thrown in an East Bay lake. HRS was initially alerted to the situation last week by an online posting containing photos of a bedraggled and terrified rabbit apparently being retrieved from Lake Don Castro in Castro Valley. The rabbit was wrapped in duct tape, and five young people had allegedly attached explosives to her before throwing her into the water.
According to investigators, the fuse on the explosives was lit but did not detonate. The teens had allegedly taken the rabbit - a family pet named Lucky - to the lake with the intent to blow her up and document the atrocity with a camera.
Lucky survived that. She has since been adopted and is living with caring humans and bunny friends who are taking good care of her. You can read all about it here:
http://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/lucky_rescue.html
There are some adorable photos there of Lucky snuggling with her new bunny friends.
The Pre-Trial for the Lucky case is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 9:30 am.
There is a petition you can sign here:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/721866960?ts=1099333823&sign[partnerID]=1&sign[memberID]=780568740&sign[partner_userID]=780568740
to encourage the DA to prosecute the twisted individuals who did this to Lucky. In my mind, they are sick, despicable criminals and they need a lot of psychological help.
Please send this on to all the animal lovers you know! Lucky says "thank you!"