Rabbits as Environmentally Friendly Pets – Expanded

My House Rabbit — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:29:10 +0000

Well I liked the topic of rabbits as eco-friendly pets so much that I decided to do further research and write an article about it on My House Rabbit.

I thought of seven ways pet rabbits help contribute to a healthy environment. If anyone can think of more reasons, please let me know!

http://www.myhouserabbit.com/tip_environment.php

Rabbits are Ecologically Friendly Pets

My House Rabbit — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:09:08 +0000

According to pet columnist Gina Spadafori, keeping rabbits as pets is more environmentally friendly than keeping cats and dogs. You can grow their food in a garden, and then you can throw the recycled paper litter and droppings into a compost pile to fertilize the garden. If you buy locally grown hay, you reduce the need for shipping food across the country, thereby cutting down on carbon emissions.

I also find that I hardly ever use my shredder anymore because Coco and Cosette tend to eat all my old receipts, etc. So that saves some electricity…

For more information:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/11/27/petscol.DTL

http://ourgreencommunity.org/livegreenly/?p=28

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Rabbits as Environmentally Friendly Pets – Expanded

Rabbits are Ecologically Friendly Pets