Bunny saves the day

Warren and Kacey with Bunny the hero - Image from Newbury Today

Rabbits are not good for just eating carrots and looking cute but also for saving lives as Bunny demonstrated. Warren Taylor and Kacey Leathers, who live in Berkshire, Britain, were sound asleep when they were woken up by repetitive scratching noises on their bedroom door. They discovered Bunny who had come all the way from the kitchen, where she is shut up for the night, standing at the door.

An overwhelming smell of gas filled the air as soon as they opened the door and they realized that one of them had left the gas knob on by mistake. Incredibly, Bunny had somehow managed to open the locked door and alert them to danger. Two year old Bunny is usually obedient, scampering off down immediately as soon as Kacey tells her to. But this time Bunny stuck around until Warren and Kacey discovered their mistake and her disobedience proved to be life saving for them. Cheers to Bunny!

Gentle giant

Roo the giant rabbit - Image from The Mirror

If you are too big you might get thrown out of your house. That's what happened to Roo, a European giant rabbit, which was bought for $236 by a couple in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Roo had such a voracious appetite that after a point she started munching on the furniture. Exasperated, the couple returned poor Roo to the Pets at Home shop from where they had bought her. Tracy Simpson, staff at the shop says that because Roo's teeth never stop growing, she likes to munch on things at all times. Roo polishes off a kilo of kale and huge amounts of hay and rabbit nuggets every week. Apart from this she also nibbles her way through cauliflower, carrots and broccoli. But Roo is too cute to be abandoned and a shop worker has given Roo a new home.

Unlikely friends

Inseparable pair - Image from Reuters

Another poignant story was brought to my attention today. That of Boonlua the long-tailed macaque and Toby the rabbit who live together in the Thailand province of Ayutthaya. The then six year old Boonlua lost an arm and both his legs when he was attacked ferociously by a pack of dogs three years ago. He managed to drag himself to a temple nearby where the monks called a vet to treat him. The monks then took him to a centre where retired elephants live and an ex-zookeeper there designed a special enclosure for Boonlua to accommodate his handicap. Boonlua happily spent his days in this new found safety but he soon the zookeepers felt he needed a friend. In came Toby the rabbit who till today remains his constant companion. Boonlua shares his bounty of fruits, nuts, eggs and the occasional Mentos mints, which he loves, with Toby.