Some Days Start Off So Well

[pastafreak]

And then go a bit pear shaped.
I was returning from the park...walking on a path bordering the park on one side, cottages on the other. I saw what looked like a child's soft toy in the distance...then it looked like a cat...no, it was someone's pet rabbit. Oddly, no visible marks on it...there are quite a few cats around there, but would/could a cat do that?

I then went to the only place I'd seen with hutches in the front garden...I let the woman know...then went back to where the rabbit was, as I didn't want anyone to clear it away. Poor woman was so upset, and just didn't want her children to see it.

I came home and shed a few tears.

[andy-hughes]

Pasta - // Oddly, no visible marks on it...there are quite a few cats around there, but would/could a cat do that? //

Rabbits easily die of fright, so that would explain the absence of marks, and a cat or dog could easily frighten a rabbit to death.

[aelmpvw]

at least your thoughtfulness saved the children the trauma of seeing it

[AuntPollyGrey]

Did what? Was the rabbit dead? Had it been run over? My cats often bring half grown rabbits into the barn.

[Sqad]

Brings back memories of my childhood as for a special treat we had rabbit for a meal.
Wasn't my favourite, but it was sort of special....or different.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I'm sure this is not the place sqad, but rabbit is lovely coated in mustard and cooked in white wine with carrots and celery ;-) x

[ummmm]

Tried it once, hated it.

[Sqad]

APG......LOL......I am sure it is, but we could never afford wine,let alone for cooking.

[Apc2604]

Loved rabbit stew when I was young, but like Sqad wine wasn't ever about in our home when I was a child. Wouldn't eat it now. Mixi has totally put me off.

[ladybirder]

^^^^^ Pasta perhaps you should have put this in Animals and Nature!

[Mamyalynne]

Nothing more you could do other than alert the owner Pasta,sad for the children.

[gingejbee]

Reminds me of a few years ago of nearly running over a tortoise which was strolling across a side road. I stopped, picked it up and knocked at a few doors....yes, a lady keeps them somewhere down the road. Ten minutes later, owner was delighted/surprised because it had been missing for two or three days.

[aelmpvw]

^ don't suppose he got far . . .

[pastafreak]

True lb...some people have no tact.
Andy...I'd forgotten about rabbits being easily frightened. It was just laying across the path.

[Apc2604]

Sincere apologies Pasta.

[iluvmargie]

11:14 sadder for the poor rabbit imo.

[douglas9401]

These "half grown rabbits", just 'bits' then?