Animal Rights Groups Discussion

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Originally Posted by FlynnTheBP

Poor thing was an albino. He stuck out like a sore thumb.

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You are right then, probably done for. Albino's are found in the wild but there is a reason this wasn't selected as the primary coloration in nature.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

You are right then, probably done for. Albino's are found in the wild but there is a reason this wasn't selected as the primary coloration in nature.

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Ugh I know. Wish you guys were right and he could have survived. I know their non-native here, not condoning releasing any snakes or anything, just too bad. The little baby was so sweet.

We get a significant number of rabbits turned in at my shelter as strays; it astonishes me how many people think you can just dump a domesticated pet rabbit into the yard to-- what? Hang out with the cottontails? Idiots.

I myself brought in a trio of stray Peking ducks that someone had dumped in my neighborhood park, before I started working here. They were coming into their adult plumage and all three were bright white. They ran right for the dog carrier when I got it out of the car and put it in front of them. Poor things wouldn't have survived the night.

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Originally Posted by Nellasaur

We get a significant number of rabbits turned in at my shelter as strays; it astonishes me how many people think you can just dump a domesticated pet rabbit into the yard to-- what? Hang out with the cottontails? Idiots.

I myself brought in a trio of stray Peking ducks that someone had dumped in my neighborhood park, before I started working here. They were coming into their adult plumage and all three were bright white. They ran right for the dog carrier when I got it out of the car and put it in front of them. Poor things wouldn't have survived the night.

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Aww, and Pekings are the sweetest little guys. My runners are so flighty. :P Cottontail rabbits might as well be a different species compared to pet rabbits. They have completely different survival instincts.

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Originally Posted by FlynnTheBP

Aww, and Pekings are the sweetest little guys. My runners are so flighty. :P Cottontail rabbits might as well be a different species compared to pet rabbits. They have completely different survival instincts.

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They actually are a different species! Different genus, in fact. Domestic rabbits are in the genus Oryctolagus, a European rabbit genus, where American cottontails are in the genus Sylvilagus.

~The more you know~

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Originally Posted by Nellasaur

They actually are a different species! Different genus, in fact. Domestic rabbits are in the genus Oryctolagus, a European rabbit genus, where American cottontails are in the genus Sylvilagus.

~The more you know~

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That's very interesting! I learn something new every day. :D Thanks! Now I can use that argument.