Quote Originally Posted by Nellasaur View Post
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.
Aww, and Pekings are the sweetest little guys. My runners are so flighty. Cottontail rabbits might as well be a different species compared to pet rabbits. They have completely different survival instincts.