Posted on March 14, 2022 by Abi Cushman
As Easter approaches, I like to highlight an important campaign that aims to stop people from buying live rabbits as Easter gifts.
Make Mine Chocolate is an international campaign started by the Columbus House Rabbit Society in 2002.
The campaign’s goal is to educate the public about the realities of owning a pet rabbit and to discourage the practice of giving live bunnies as gifts for Easter. Instead, they urge people to give chocolate bunnies instead.
The initiative started as a way to address the continual problem of people flooding rescues and shelters with their unwanted rabbits or just dumping the rabbits outside to die after the Easter holiday.
Learn more about Make Mine Chocolate and find out how you can get involved at their website.
About the Author
Abi Cushman is a veteran house rabbit owner and a contributing editor of My House Rabbit. She currently shares her home with one mischievous dwarf bunny named Otis.
When she”s not writing about bunnies for My House Rabbit, Abi writes and illustrates funny books for kids, including Soaked! (Viking) and Animals Go Vroom! (Viking). And yes, there are bunnies in them. Learn more at abicushman.com.
