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Celeb Bunny Meets Untimely Demise

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:33:10 CDT

An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany's celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman. The fate of 17-day-old Til, a bunny with a genetic defect, was plastered across German...

Giant Bunny Fossils Discovered Off Spain

Rob Quinn — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:50:00 CDT

On the Spanish island of Minorca up to 5 million years ago, the rabbit was king. Researchers there have discovered fossils belonging to the biggest-ever member of the bunny family, LiveScience reports. Nuralagus rex, weighing in at some 26 pounds—about six times the size of modern rabbits—had largely...

In China, Bunny Frenzy Breeds Trouble

Rob Quinn — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:59:21 CST

The Year of the Rabbit begins tomorrow, and China is facing something that wasn't an issue for the Year of the Tiger: a surplus of New Year pets. Rabbits represent beauty and wealth in Chinese tradition, and the country has seen a frenzy of rabbit-buying in recent weeks. But many...

Americans Learn to Say 'Mmm, Rabbit'

Harry Kimball — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:27:54 CST

Rabbit as food is a troubling conceit for many Americans—“it’s this weird association with Easter,” a chef says—but the animal is taking off with a small group of budding butchers, urban farmers, and those just enamored of its lean, healthy meat. “This is my gateway animal,” a woman...

Woman Spends $16K to Look Like Jessica Rabbit

M. Morris — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:08:00 CST

A 57-year-old British great-grandmother is obsessed with Who Framed Roger Rabbit , and especially with Roger's wife, Jessica—so obsessed that she spent $16,000 to look like the toon siren. "I just think she's a very sexy cartoon," Annette Edwards says in an interview with This Morning, during which she...

What's Up, Doc? Cawwot Bombs in Sweden!

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:17:04 CDT

Swedes got a scare this weekend after an artist wrapped bunches of carrots with black tape to make them look a bit like dynamite, attached clocks and wires and placed them around the southern city of Orebo. Police received several concerned calls from the public about the "Bunny Project: Bombs"...

Tim Gunn Goes to Bat for Bunnies

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:14:21 CST

Project Runway 's favorite nice guy Tim Gunn is joining the anti-fur PETA campaign with a personal video plea to designers amid shocking images of screaming skinned rabbits, reports the New York Post . PETA is focusing on designers using rabbit fur from China, where there are no animal protection laws....

Serial Bunny Killer Plagues German Town

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:49:00 CDT

A special bunny task force has been established in the German town of Witten to track down a mystery serial killer who's been beheading pet rabbits for a year, Der Speigel reports. At least 40 rabbits have been snatched from cages in the area. Their corpses are usually left behind....

Giant Bunnies Hit Silver Screen

Kevin Spak — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:10:00 CST

Giant bunnies overran the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, reports Der Spiegel —in the form of a 5-minute documentary on the international intrigue that ensued when a German rabbit breeder sent a dozen of his 20-pounders to North Korea to be bred to help alleviate hunger. Instead, they met a tragic...