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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Bunnies face uncertain future as pets in Year of Rabbit ANN - Monday, February 7 Send IM Story Print Bangkok (The Nation-Thailand/ANN) - The surge in the number of people adopting rabbits as pets in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, due to the belief that it will bring good luck and prosperity and get rid of bad luck, has also spawned concerns that the pets might be abandoned when this fad fades away. As sales of rabbits in Asia soared, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held a campaign on rabbit rights in China. Thailand saw a similar trend as in China. Many rabbit farms revealed that the number of people buying them as pets since January had gone up 2-3 times. Most customers were students and young people living in apartments. Holland Lop and Netherland Dwarf were the most popular, selling for 1,500 baht-20,000 baht per head, while Thai rabbits went at 150 baht-200 baht per head. Wasawat "Aom" Wannathong, owner of Royal Bunny Farm, said that many farm owners knew there could be an issue of abandonment once people grew tired of the rabbits, partly because these pets required a lot of caring. He said his farm always provided information to customers about rabbit care and regularly provide post-sale advice. The farm also has a policy not to sell rabbits less than a month and a half old. Contrary to the widely held belief that rabbits have a very short life, Aom said they actually could live for 8-10 years. He said the belief was mainly because most people bought them from markets where vendors sold three-week-old rabbits, whose digestive system was very vulnerable. These rabbits, when fed with fresh vegetables that were not clean, suffered from diarrhoea and died, he added. Besides dealing with the issue of rabbits' early death, the issue of abandonment was also dealt with by the rabbit lovers' club via the Web board http://www.rabbitcafe.net about "temple rabbits" (rabbits left by owners at temples) for over two years now. The group also backs a project "rabbits of Wat Uthaitha-ram" in Bangkok's Huai Kwang area and another project "rabbits of Nakhon Pathom" to help find new homes for the abandoned pets and raise funds for their care. The project coordinator, Chaiyasit Julkitsuwan, expressed concern about possible rabbit abandonment after the high sales this year. He urged people to study information about raising rabbits before actually taking them home. Bangkok's Dusit Zoo is reportedly another popular site to abandon the pets as many lovers who raised the rabbit together, dumped the pet when their relationship broke up. The zoo's animal hospital official, Pannarai Rattarom, said the rabbits at the zoo were donated by owners to the zoo's rabbit adoption project, to help them find new homes. In January alone, 30 rabbits were "donated" to the zoo. "Those leaving them in the hospital's care often just walked in carrying the rabbit cage and all the tools to hand over to us. They cite various reasons like an allergy, grew tired of and could no longer raise the pet, or moving abroad. Some rabbits were also sick so the hospital treated them before moving them to the adoption project," she said. So, before you buy that cute rabbit as a gift for a loved one or as a new pet for good luck, you should also keep in mind all the information about caring for this pet and your intention to have them. Or, this gesture to woo good luck or love could turn into a sin. 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