A 56-foot red, fiberglass rabbit sculpture is set to be installed in the new terminal at Sacramento International Airport in 2011. At four stories high, the sculpture will tower over people as they pick up their luggage at baggage claim. It was designed by an artist/professor at Denver University.
For more information: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=49812&catid=2
Back in December, I posted about the feral rabbit population explosion in the Canadian city of Kelowna, British Columbia. Since then, the city has gone back and forth on how to handle the problem. After complaints about the inhumane culling of the rabbits by use of air rifles, the city changed its approach. Currently the city has turned to trapping the feral bunnies, and then putting them up for adoption.
The Responsible Animal Care Society (TRACS), who has been active in saving the rabbits, has sponsored many fundraising events. Their latest is a benefit concert featuring Elvis impersonator D.R. Elvis happening on Saturday, November 1.
For more information: http://www.tracs-bc.ca/bunfund.html
In Madison, WI, a woman was alerted about an intruder in the house due to her pet rabbit’s thumping. The sound of the rabbit’s pounding woke her up, and she then saw the intruder and screamed. The man quickly exited through the apartment’s backdoor.
“The victim says she has a pet bunny that thumps its foot when someone is in, or around, her residence,” Madison police said in a report. “And it was the thumping of the bunny’s foot that woke her up, and enabled her to quickly scare off the intruder.”
For more info: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/10/17/Rabbit_scares_off_burglar/UPI-86251224284050/
This pink, knitted bunny on the side of Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region is so large, it can be seen from space via Google Earth. The outdoor art piece was created by the Viennese art collective Gelatin out of pink wool and straw. The sculpture is meant to be a hands-on exhibit; people are encouraged to climb on it and sit on it.
According to Gelatin group member Wolfgang Gantner, “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it, and you can’t help but smile.”
For more information: Telegraph.co.uk
This past March marked National Vaccination Month where UK rabbit owners were offered a free dose of vaccine to protect their rabbits against the deadly disease myxomatosis. Vaccinations for myxomatosis should be administered every six months to provide continued immunity, so Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health are offering those pet owners who took part in the campaign in March to receive a second free dose this month.
Myxomatosis is a painful condition that is largely untreatable. For more information, visit:
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