danielles_pets1
Active Member
Sorry about it being a rant and all. But i have noticed alot of people in my 4-h group showing little to no compassion for their rabbits. This is where it gets a little well, graphic for the weak hearted (for lack of a better word). Everyone else butchers their rabbits. I can understand for food but, oh no thats not all. They also butcher them if they dont meet breed standards, or if they are too old and cant breed. I noticed a convo between two fello 4-h'ers and they were talking about butchering rabbits like it was some kind of sport/competition! *it gets a little graphic here* one of the people even posted to facebook talking about how she butchered a rabbit and found red spots on its lungs! She said she cut open the lung and there was blood in it, so the rabbit had lung cancer! *end of graphic-ness* I just get so frustrated! They leave their rabbits outside, barely clean the cages, only ever acknowledge the rabbits existence when its time to breed, butcher, or show (besides feeding and watering)! Yes, our rabbits live in our garage but, we bring ours in one at a time for a long time each day. I get disgusted going over to their houses because of the fact the cages are filthy and WAY WAY too small! And the rabbits live on JUST wire floors, so lots of them have broken toes. I came into 4-h thinking people would love their animals, not treat them like tools! I feel like leaving 4-h now, every time i go, i just get sad Anyway, just needed to rant, thank you for your time!